lisne

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/lɪn/

A form of lissen — A cleft or hollow in rock.

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Meanings

nounlisne (plural lisnes)

plural lisnes

  1. alternativedialectalobsoleteAlternative form of lissen.

    And I remember in my youth, in the Lisne of a Rock at Kingſcote in Gloceſtershire, I found at least a Bushel of Petrified Cockles actually distinct one from another, each near as big as my Fist.

    a. 1677 (date written), Matthew Hale, The Primitive Origination of Mankind, Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature, London: […] William Godbid, for William Shrowsbery, […], published 1677, →OCLC

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

linesNilesLinseNeilsleniselsin
Cite this entry
APA

lisne. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lisne

MLA

“lisne.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lisne. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lisne,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lisne.

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