Lindabʹridēs.

A heroine in The Mirror of Knighthood, whose name at one time was a synonym for a kept mistress, in which sense it was used by Scott, Kenilworth and Woodstock.

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

Limited Liability
Limner
Limp
Lina
Lincoln
Lincoln College (Oxford)
Lincoln Green
Lincoln’s Inn
Lincoln’s Inn Fields
Lincolnshire Bagpipes
Lindabridēs
Linden Tree (A)
Lindor
Line
Line (The)
Line a Day (A)
Line of Battle
Line of Beauty
Line of Communication, or rather Lines of Communication
Line of Demarcation
Line of Direction