/lint"hwuyt', -wuyt'/ , n. Chiefly Scot.
the linnet, Carduelis cannabina.
[ bef. 900; lint (syncopated var. of LINNET) + WHITE; r. ME lynkwhytte, alter. (perh. by assoc. with link hill (see LINKS) and WHIT) of OE linetwige linnet, lit., flax (or flax-field) trouble-maker, so called because the bird pecks out and eats flaxseed, equiv. to linet- ( linetum flax-field) + -wige, fem. of wiga fighter ]