links
noun
[ lɪŋks ]
• a golf course, especially one on grass-covered sandy ground near the sea.
• "a couple of days' golf on a sunny Spanish links"
Origin:
Old English hlinc ‘rising ground’, perhaps related to lean1.
link
noun
• a relationship between two things or situations, especially where one affects the other.
• "a commission to investigate a link between pollution and forest decline"
• a ring or loop in a chain.
• "a chain made of steel links"
link
verb
• make, form, or suggest a connection with or between.
• "rumours that linked his name with Judith"
Origin:
late Middle English (denoting a loop; also as a verb in the sense ‘connect physically’): from Old Norse hlekkr, of Germanic origin; related to German Gelenk ‘joint’.
link
noun
• a torch of pitch and tow for lighting the way in dark streets.
Origin:
early 16th century: perhaps from medieval Latin li(n)chinus ‘wick’, from Greek lukhnos ‘light’.
