Line
Definition of Line
Pronunciation: līnd n. | 1. | Flax; linen. | | 2. | The longer and finer fiber of flax. | v. t. | 1. | To cover the inner surface of; as, to line a cloak with silk or fur; to line a box with paper or tin. | | 2. | To put something in the inside of; to fill; to supply, as a purse with money. | | 3. | 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. | | 4. | To impregnate; - applied to brute animals. | n. | 1. | 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. | | 2. | A more or less threadlike mark of pen, pencil, or graver; any long mark; as, a chalk line. | | 3. | 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. | | 4. | Direction; as, the line of sight or vision. | | 5. | A row of letters, words, etc., written or printed; esp., a row of words extending across a page or column. | | 6. | A short letter; a note; as, a line from a friend. | | 7. | (Poet.) A verse, or the words which form a certain number of feet, according to the measure. | | 8. | Course of conduct, thought, occupation, or policy; method of argument; department of industry, trade, or intellectual activity. | | 9. | (Math.) That which has length, but not breadth or thickness. | | 10. | The exterior limit of a figure, plat, or territory; boundary; contour; outline. | | 11. | A threadlike crease marking the face or the hand; hence, characteristic mark. | | 12. | Lineament; feature; figure. | | 13. | A straight row; a continued series or rank; as, a line of houses, or of soldiers; a line of barriers. | | 14. | 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. | | 15. | A connected series of public conveyances, and hence, an established arrangement for forwarding merchandise, etc.; as, a line of stages; an express line. | | 16. | (Geog.) A circle of latitude or of longitude, as represented on a map. | | 17. | A long tape, or a narrow ribbon of steel, etc., marked with subdivisions, as feet and inches, for measuring; a tapeline. | | 18. | (Script.) A measuring line or cord.He marketh it out with a line. - Is. xliv. 13. | | 19. | That which was measured by a line, as a field or any piece of land set apart; hence, allotted place of abode. | | 19. | (Mach.) 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. | | 20. | Instruction; doctrine. | | 20. | The track and roadbed of a railway; railroad. | | 21. | (Mil.) A row of men who are abreast of one another, whether side by side or some distance apart; - opposed to column. | | 22. | (Fort.) A trench or rampart. | | 23. | (Shipbuilding) Form of a vessel as shown by the outlines of vertical, horizontal, and oblique sections. | | 24. | (Mus.) One of the straight horizontal and parallel prolonged strokes on and between which the notes are placed. | | 25. | (Stock Exchange) A number of shares taken by a jobber. | | 26. | (Trade) 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. | | 27. | The wire connecting one telegraphic station with another, or the whole of a system of telegraph wires under one management and name. | | 28. | The reins with which a horse is guided by his driver. | | 29. | A measure of length; one twelfth of an inch.Line of battle ship | See Ship of the line, below. |
| v. t. | 1. | To mark with a line or lines; to cover with lines; as, to line a copy book. | | 2. | To represent by lines; to delineate; to portray. | | 3. | To read or repeat line by line; as, to line out a hymn. | | 4. | To form into a line; to align; as, to line troops. |
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