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Flax; linen. |
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The longer and finer fiber of flax. |
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To cover the inner surface of; as, to line a cloak with
silk or fur; to line a box with paper or tin. |
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To put something in the inside of; to fill; to supply, as
a purse with money. |
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To place persons or things along the side of for security
or defense; to strengthen by adding anything; to fortify; as, to line
works with soldiers. |
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To impregnate; -- applied to brute animals. |
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A linen thread or string; a slender, strong cord; also, a
cord of any thickness; a rope; a hawser; as, a fishing line; a line for
snaring birds; a clothesline; a towline. |
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A more or less threadlike mark of pen, pencil, or graver; any
long mark; as, a chalk line. |
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The course followed by anything in motion; hence, a road or
route; as, the arrow descended in a curved line; the place is remote
from lines of travel. |
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Direction; as, the line of sight or vision. |
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A row of letters, words, etc., written or printed; esp., a
row of words extending across a page or column. |
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A short letter; a note; as, a line from a friend. |
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A verse, or the words which form a certain number of feet,
according to the measure. |
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Course of conduct, thought, occupation, or policy; method of
argument; department of industry, trade, or intellectual activity. |
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That which has length, but not breadth or thickness. |
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The exterior limit of a figure, plat, or territory; boundary;
contour; outline. |
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A threadlike crease marking the face or the hand; hence,
characteristic mark. |
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Lineament; feature; figure. |
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A straight row; a continued series or rank; as, a line of
houses, or of soldiers; a line of barriers. |
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A series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a given
person; a family or race; as, the ascending or descending line; the
line of descent; the male line; a line of kings. |
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A connected series of public conveyances, and hence, an
established arrangement for forwarding merchandise, etc.; as, a line of
stages; an express line. |
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A circle of latitude or of longitude, as represented on a
map. |
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The equator; -- usually called the line, or equinoctial line;
as, to cross the line. |
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A long tape, or a narrow ribbon of steel, etc., marked with
subdivisions, as feet and inches, for measuring; a tapeline. |
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A measuring line or cord. |
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That which was measured by a line, as a field or any piece of
land set apart; hence, allotted place of abode. |
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Instruction; doctrine. |
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The proper relative position or adjustment of parts, not as
to design or proportion, but with reference to smooth working; as, the
engine is in line or out of line. |
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The track and roadbed of a railway; railroad. |
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A row of men who are abreast of one another, whether side by
side or some distance apart; -- opposed to column. |
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The regular infantry of an army, as distinguished from
militia, guards, volunteer corps, cavalry, artillery, etc. |
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A trench or rampart. |
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Dispositions made to cover extended positions, and presenting
a front in but one direction to an enemy. |
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Form of a vessel as shown by the outlines of vertical,
horizontal, and oblique sections. |
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One of the straight horizontal and parallel prolonged strokes
on and between which the notes are placed. |
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A number of shares taken by a jobber. |
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A series of various qualities and values of the same general
class of articles; as, a full line of hosiery; a line of merinos, etc. |
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The wire connecting one telegraphic station with another, or
the whole of a system of telegraph wires under one management and name. |
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The reins with which a horse is guided by his driver. |
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A measure of length; one twelfth of an inch. |
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To mark with a line or lines; to cover with lines; as, to
line a copy book. |
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To represent by lines; to delineate; to portray. |
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To read or repeat line by line; as, to line out a hymn. |
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To form into a line; to align; as, to line troops. |
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