The ships belonging to the regular lines of London, Liverpool, or Havre packets, are called liners, to distinguish them from transient ships sailing to the same ports.
·noun One who lines, as, a liner of shoes. II. Liner ·noun A slab on which small pieces of marble, ...
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·noun One who furnishes matter to public journals at so much a line; a poor writer for hire; a hack ...