| • | 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. |
