·noun Flax; linen.
II. Line ·noun A trench or rampart.
III. Line ·noun Instruction; doctrine.
IV. Line ·noun A measuring line or cord.
V. Line ·noun Lineament; feature; figure.
VI. Line ·noun The longer and finer fiber of flax.
VII. Line ·noun A number of shares taken by a jobber.
VIII. Line ·noun Direction; as, the line of sight or vision.
IX. Line ·noun The track and roadbed of a railway; railroad.
X. Line ·noun A short letter; a note; as, a line from a friend.
XI. Line ·noun That which has length, but not breadth or thickness.
XII. Line ·noun The reins with which a horse is guided by his driver.
XIII. Line ·vt To read or repeat line by line; as, to line out a hymn.
XIV. Line ·noun A circle of latitude or of longitude, as represented on a map.
XV. Line ·noun A measure of length; one twelfth of an Inch.
XVI. Line ·vt To Impregnate;
— applied to brute animals.
XVII. Line ·vt To form into a line; to Align; as, to line troops.
XVIII. Line ·vt To mark with a line or lines; to cover with lines; as, to line a copy book.
XIX. Line ·noun A threadlike crease marking the face or the hand; hence, characteristic mark.
XX. Line ·noun The exterior limit of a figure, plat, or territory; boundary; contour; outline.
XXI. Line ·noun The equator;
— usually called the line, or equinoctial line; as, to cross the line.
XXII. Line ·noun A verse, or the words which form a certain number of feet, according to the measure.
XXIII. Line ·noun Form of a vessel as shown by the outlines of vertical, horizontal, and oblique sections.
XXIV. Line ·noun A more or less threadlike mark of pen, pencil, or graver; any long mark; as, a chalk line.
XXV. Line ·vt To represent by lines; to Delineate; to Portray.
XXVI. Line ·noun A straight row; a continued series or rank; as, a line of houses, or of soldiers; a line of barriers.
XXVII. Line ·vt To put something in the inside of; to Fill; to supply, as a purse with money.
XXVIII. Line ·vt To cover the inner surface of; as, to line a cloak with silk or fur; to line a box with paper or tin.
XXIX. Line ·noun One of the straight horizontal and parallel prolonged strokes on and between which the notes are placed.
XXX. Line ·noun A row of letters, words, ·etc., written or printed; ·esp., a row of words extending across a page or column.
XXXI. Line ·noun That which was measured by a line, as a field or any piece of land set apart; hence, allotted place of abode.
XXXII. Line ·noun A row of men who are abreast of one another, whether side by side or some distance apart;
— opposed to column.
XXXIII. Line ·noun The regular infantry of an army, as distinguished from militia, guards, volunteer corps, cavalry, artillery, ·etc.
XXXIV. Line ·noun A long tape, or a narrow ribbon of steel, ·etc., marked with subdivisions, as feet and inches, for measuring; a tapeline.
XXXV. Line ·noun Dispositions made to cover extended positions, and presenting a front in but one direction to an Enemy.
XXXVI. Line ·noun Course of conduct, thought, occupation, or policy; method of argument; department of industry, trade, or intellectual activity.
XXXVII. Line ·noun 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.
XXXVIII. Line ·noun The wire connecting one telegraphic station with another, or the whole of a system of telegraph wires under one management and name.
XXXIX. Line ·noun 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.
XL. Line ·noun A connected series of public conveyances, and hence, an established arrangement for forwarding merchandise, ·etc.; as, a line of stages; an express line.
XLI. Line ·noun 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.
XLII. Line ·noun 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.
XLIII. Line ·vt 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.
XLIV. Line ·noun 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.