Obs. Also 8 lemnisk. [ad. L. lēmniscus, Gr. λημνίσκος in sense 1.]
1. A ribbon.
a. 1706. Evelyn, Sylva (1776), 397. The ends and stalks of the tender branch were tied together with a lemnisc or ribbon.
2. = LEMNISCUS 1.
1718. Prideaux, Connect. O. & N. Test., II. I. 55. The Lemnisk was a strait line drawn between two points (as thus ÷).
