lyncean

[Lat. lynceus, from lynx (gen it. lyncis )=a lynx.] Of or pertaining to the lynx; lynx-like, acute. lynch, v . t . To inflict capital punishment with out the forms of law, as by a mob, or any unauthorized persons. (LYNCH-LAW.] "George was lynched, as ne deserved."-Emerson: English Traits , ch. ix.