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Meanings of ling in English

Common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the northern hemisphere.

Elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouth.

Water chestnut whose spiny fruit has two rather than 4 prongs.

Elongated marine food fish of Greenland and northern Europe; often salted and dried.

Usage of ling in English
1
Bing-a-ling-a-ling… The bell has rung; it is a new dawn in Jamaica.
Jamaica Observer
2
For the last ten years I have been at the ling fishing.
Second Shetland Truck System Report
3
There is no ling fishing carried on close to where I live.
Second Shetland Truck System Report
4
Next came a ling- adeepwater fish at any rate this time.
The Great Hunger
5
As with cod, ling was preserved by salting and drying the fillets.
The Irish Times
6
We had so much ling, so much cod, and so much saith.
Second Shetland Truck System Report
7
It is the Dunrossness men you speak of as the ling fishermen?-Yes.
Second Shetland Truck System Report
8
Will you buy my salt herring or dried ling or smoked eel?
The Treasure
9
But ling is the staple fish that is caught at that time?-Yes.
Second Shetland Truck System Report
10
And brushing through the ling in quest of game doth roam.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 14,...
11
He lay down and looked at it through the roots of the ling.
Tales of Wonder
12
The ling is sold in Leith, Glasgow, Ireland, and in London.
Second Shetland Truck System Report
13
In a little while there came the cheerful ting-a-ling of a telephone bell.
Elusive Isabel
14
During the 17th century, ling was exported from Galway to England and Spain.
The Irish Times
15
If you cannot find your own salted ling, it is easy to make.
The Irish Times
16
My right-ling is-is -Hestuttered and puffed and could not speak.
The Gods Themselves
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