Weaving. Also 8 lingoe. [? variant of LINGOT.] (See quots.)
1731. Mortimer, in Phil. Trans., XXXVII. 106. Every Thread of the Warp goes through a small Brass Ring called a Male, or through a Loop in the Leish, and hath a small long Weight or Lingoe hung below, to counter-balance the Packthreads.
1799. G. Smith, Laboratory, II. 49.
1831. G. R. Porter, Silk Manuf., 254. The cords whereby the leaden weights, which are called lingos, are attached to the harness.
1880. Antrim & Down Gloss., Lingo, a long, thin weight of wire used in Jacquard looms.
