limpin

16th-century dialectal variant of limpet.[1]

limpin (plural limpins)

1. (obsolete, dialect) A limpet.
   • 1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “[Book I.]”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […], (please specify |tome=1 or 2), London: […] Adam Islip, published 1635, →OCLC:

     The Limpins, Muskles, and Scallops.

• lympin

Borrowed from English linchpin.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɪmpɪn/

limpin m (plural limpinnau, not mutable)

1. linchpin

• colli limpin (“to lose one's temper”)

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “limpin”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies