lingayat

[Mahratta, .] A Hindu sect whose object of worship is the lingam. They are common in Western and Southern India. *lin-gel, *lin-gle, s . [Lat. lingula , dim in. of lingua a tongue; cf. Fr. ligneul , dim in. of ligne = a line.] 1. A shoe-latchet, a shoe-string. 2. A shoemaker's thread. "His awl and lingel in a thong." 3. A thong of leather. Drayton: Pastorals , ecl. iv. *lin-gençe, s . [Lat. lingens , pr. par. of lingo =to lick.] A medicine or preparation to be taken by licking; a lincture.