Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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†LINGIT, adj. Flexible, pliant; of a soft, yielding texture, of cloth (e.Lth. 1808 Jam.).
[The word appears to be a confusion of lingit s.v. Ling, v., 2., with Eng. dial. lingy, limber, supple.]
