Line

Flax; linen.

The longer and finer fiber of flax.

To cover the inner surface of; as, to line a cloak with silk or fur; to line a box with paper or tin.

To put something in the inside of; to fill; to supply, as a purse with money.

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.

To impregnate; -- applied to brute animals.

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.

A more or less threadlike mark of pen, pencil, or graver; any long mark; as, a chalk line.

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.

Direction; as, the line of sight or vision.

A row of letters, words, etc., written or printed; esp., a row of words extending across a page or column.

A short letter; a note; as, a line from a friend.

A verse, or the words which form a certain number of feet, according to the measure.

Course of conduct, thought, occupation, or policy; method of argument; department of industry, trade, or intellectual activity.

That which has length, but not breadth or thickness.

The exterior limit of a figure, plat, or territory; boundary; contour; outline.

A threadlike crease marking the face or the hand; hence, characteristic mark.

Lineament; feature; figure.

A straight row; a continued series or rank; as, a line of houses, or of soldiers; a line of barriers.

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.

A connected series of public conveyances, and hence, an established arrangement for forwarding merchandise, etc.; as, a line of stages; an express line.

A circle of latitude or of longitude, as represented on a map.

The equator; -- usually called the line, or equinoctial line; as, to cross the line.

A long tape, or a narrow ribbon of steel, etc., marked with subdivisions, as feet and inches, for measuring; a tapeline.

A measuring line or cord.

That which was measured by a line, as a field or any piece of land set apart; hence, allotted place of abode.

Instruction; doctrine.

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.

The track and roadbed of a railway; railroad.

A row of men who are abreast of one another, whether side by side or some distance apart; -- opposed to column.

The regular infantry of an army, as distinguished from militia, guards, volunteer corps, cavalry, artillery, etc.

A trench or rampart.

Dispositions made to cover extended positions, and presenting a front in but one direction to an enemy.

Form of a vessel as shown by the outlines of vertical, horizontal, and oblique sections.

One of the straight horizontal and parallel prolonged strokes on and between which the notes are placed.

A number of shares taken by a jobber.

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.

The wire connecting one telegraphic station with another, or the whole of a system of telegraph wires under one management and name.

The reins with which a horse is guided by his driver.

A measure of length; one twelfth of an inch.

To mark with a line or lines; to cover with lines; as, to line a copy book.

To represent by lines; to delineate; to portray.

To read or repeat line by line; as, to line out a hymn.

To form into a line; to align; as, to line troops.

a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood; the methodical process of logical reasoning; "I can't follow your line of reasoning"

a single frequency (or very narrow band) of radiation in a spectrum

a particular kind of product or merchandise; "a nice line of shoes"

the hereditary derivation of an individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors"

the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money; "he's not in my line of business"

a conceptual separation or distinction; "there is a narrow line between sanity and insanity"

something (as a cord or rope) that is long and thin and flexible; "a washing line"

mechanical system in a factory whereby an article is conveyed through sites at which successive operations are performed on it

space for one line of print (one column wide and 1/14 inch deep) used to measure advertising

(often plural) a means of communication or access; "it must go through official channels"; "lines of communication were set up between the two firms"