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Look up: Ling

  1. ling
    Waters:Northern Atlantic and Pacific Oceans Description (in water): A slender fish, averaging 1 to 8 lbs., yet has been known to grow up to 60 lbs. There are at least a dozen species of hake, most of which are named for the color of the skin (red, white, silver, etc.). Description (in market): Of the same family as cod and similar in many respects, hake is more coarsely grained with a slightly stronger flavor. Snow Hake has white flesh that is low in fat and can range in texture from soft to fir...
    Found on http://www.gortons.com/cookbook/glossary

  2. ling
    [n] - water chestnut whose spiny fruit has two rather than 4 prongs 2. [n] - elongated marine food fish of Greenland and northern Europe 3. [n] - American hakes
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. Ling
    Ling (lĭng) noun [ Middle English lenge ; akin to Dutch leng , German länge , Danish lange , Swedish långa , Icelandic langa . So named from its being long . See Long , adjective ] (Zoology) (a) A large, marine, gadoid fish ( Molva vulgaris ) of Northern Europe and Greenland. It i ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/L/45

  4. Ling
    Ling noun [ Icelandic lyng ; akin to Danish lyng , Swedish ljung .] (Botany) Heather ( Calluna vulgaris ). Ling honey , a sort of wild honey, made from the flowers of the heather. Holland.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/L/45

  5. ling
    1. <zoology> A large, marine, gadoid fish (Molva vulgaris) of Northern Europe and Greenland. It is valued as a food fish and is largely salted and dried. Called also drizzle. ... 2. The burbot of Lake Ontario. ... 3. An American hake of the genus Phycis. ... 4. A New Zealand food fish of the genus Genypterus. The name is also locally applied to ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  6. ling
    noun elongated marine food fish of Greenland and northern Europe; often salted and dried
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  7. Ling
    `Ling` may refer to: * Several species of fish: ** Burbot, `Lota lota`. ** Blue ling, `Molva dypterygia`. ** Cobia, `Rachycentron canadum`. ** Common ling, `Molva molva`. ** Pink cusk-eel, `Genypterus blacodes`. ** Red hake, `Urophycis chuss`. * A synonym of heather. * Ling (TCM), a traditional Chinese medicine concept of shamanic power and spirituality. * Ling, the legendary Kingdom, ruled by king Gesar, in Mongol-Tibetan myth. * Pehr Henrik Lin...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ling

  8. Ling
    • (n.) Heather (Calluna vulgaris). • (a.) An American hake of the genus Phycis. • (a.) A large, marine, gadoid fish (Molva vulgaris) of Northern Europe and Greenland. It is valued as a food fish and is largely salted and dried. Called also drizzle. • (a.) The burbot of Lake Ontario. • (a.) A New Zealand food fish of the gen...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  9. ling
    (from the article `percussion instrument`) ...experience, and today a handbell is still rung in temple ceremonies in India and other areas of Buddhist influence. The Chinese differentiate ... Among other ritual bronzes, bells constitute an important group. Perhaps the oldest class is a small clappered bell called ling, but the best know...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/l/54

  10. ling
    (Molva molva), in zoology, commercially valuable marine fish of the cod family (Gadidae), found in deep northern waters near Iceland, the British ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/l/54

  11. Ling
    Ling is a Chinese girl name. The meaning of the name is `Chime` Where is it used? The name Ling is mainly used In Chinese. The name Ling doesn`t appear In the US top 1000 most common names over de last 128 years. The name Ling seems to be unique!
    Found on http://i-am-pregnant.com/names/girls/Lin

  12. ling
    ling: see cod.
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A09156


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18 March 2010

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On March 18th, 1314 Jacques de Molay was led out before the people to publicly confess his and the order's sins. He recanted his earlier confessions and said the only crime he was guilty of was lying about his Brethren to relieve his own tortures. He was then taken to an island on the Siene and burned along with Geoffrey de Charney the Preceptor of Normandy. He was first appointed the position of Visitor General and latterly to the post of Grand Preceptor of all England. Although de Molay confessed to denying Christ and trampling on the Holy Cross, he steadfastly denounced the accusations that the initiation ritual consisted of homosexual practices. read more

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