Line (n.) A number of shares taken by a jobber.
Line (n.) 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.
Line (n.) The wire connecting one telegraphic station with another, or the whole of a system of telegraph wires under one management and name.
Line (n.) The reins with which a horse is guided by his driver.
Line (n.) A measure of length; one twelfth of an inch.
Line (v. t.) To mark with a line or lines; to cover with lines; as, to line a copy book.
Line (v. t.) To represent by lines; to delineate; to portray.
Line (v. t.) To read or repeat line by line; as, to line out a hymn.
Line (v. t.) To form into a line; to align; as, to line troops.
Lineage (n.) Descent in a line from a common progenitor; progeny; race; descending line of offspring or ascending line of parentage.
Lineal (a.) Descending in a direct line from an ancestor; hereditary; derived from ancestors; -- opposed to collateral; as, a lineal descent or a lineal descendant.
Lineal (a.) Inheriting by direct descent; having the right by direct descent to succeed (to).
Lineal (a.) Composed of lines; delineated; as, lineal designs.
Lineal (a.) In the direction of a line; of or pertaining to a line; measured on, or ascertained by, a line; linear; as, lineal magnitude.
Lineality (n.) The quality of being lineal.
Lineally (adv.) In a lineal manner; as, the prince is lineally descended from the Conqueror.
Lineament (n.) One of the outlines, exterior features, or distinctive marks, of a body or figure, particularly of the face; feature; form; mark; -- usually in the plural.
Linear (a.) Of or pertaining to a line; consisting of lines; in a straight direction; lineal.
Linear (a.) Like a line; narrow; of the same breadth throughout, except at the extremities; as, a linear leaf.
Linearensate (a.) Having the form of a sword, but very long and narrow.
Linearly (adv.) In a linear manner; with lines.
Linear-shaped (a.) Of a linear shape.
Lineary (a.) Linear.
Lineate (a.) Alt. of Lineated
Lineated (a.) Marked with lines.
Lineated (a.) Marked longitudinally with depressed parallel lines; as, a lineate leaf.
Lineation (n.) Delineation; a line or lines.
Lineature (n.) Anything having outline.
Linemen (pl. ) of Lineman
Lineman (n.) One who carries the line in surveying, etc.
Lineman (n.) A man employed to examine the rails of a railroad to see if they are in good condition; also, a man employed to repair telegraph lines.
Linen (n.) Made of linen; as, linen cloth; a linen stocking.
Linen (n.) Resembling linen cloth; white; pale.
Linen (n.) Thread or cloth made of flax or (rarely) of hemp; -- used in a general sense to include cambric, shirting, sheeting, towels, tablecloths, etc.
Linen (n.) Underclothing, esp. the shirt, as being, in former times, chiefly made of linen.
Linener (n.) A dealer in linen; a linen draper.
Lineolate (a.) Marked with little lines.
Lineolate (a.) Marked longitudinally with fine lines.
Liner (n.) One who lines, as, a liner of shoes.
Liner (n.) A vessel belonging to a regular line of packets; also, a line-of-battle ship; a ship of the line.
Liner (n.) A thin piece placed between two parts to hold or adjust them, fill a space, etc.; a shim.
Liner (n.) A lining within the cylinder, in which the piston works and between which and the outer shell of the cylinder a space is left to form a steam jacket.
Liner (n.) A slab on which small pieces of marble, tile, etc., are fastened for grinding.
Liner (n.) A ball which, when struck, flies through the air in a nearly straight line not far from the ground.
-ling () A noun suffix, commonly having a diminutive or a depreciatory force; as in duckling, gosling, hireling, fosterling, firstling, underling.
-ling () An adverbial suffix; as, darkling, flatling.
Ling (a.) A large, marine, gadoid fish (Molva vulgaris) of Northern Europe and Greenland. It is valued as a food fish and is largely salted and dried. Called also drizzle.
Ling (a.) The burbot of Lake Ontario.
Ling (a.) An American hake of the genus Phycis.
Ling (a.) A New Zealand food fish of the genus Genypterus. The name is also locally applied to other fishes, as the cultus cod, the mutton fish, and the cobia.
Ling (n.) Heather (Calluna vulgaris).
Linga (n.) Alt. of Lingam
Lingam (n.) The phallic symbol under which Siva is principally worshiped in his character of the creative and reproductive power.
Ling-bird (n.) The European meadow pipit; -- called also titling.
Lingel (n.) A shoemaker's thread.
Lingel (n.) A little tongue or thong of leather; a lacing for belts.
Lingence (n.) A linctus.
Lingered (imp. & p. p.) of Linger
Lingering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Linger
Linger (a.) To delay; to loiter; to remain or wait long; to be slow or reluctant in parting or moving; to be slow in deciding; to be in suspense; to hesitate.
Linger (v. t.) To protract; to draw out.
Linger (v. t.) To spend or pass in a lingering manner; -- with out; as, to linger out one's days on a sick bed.
Lingerer (n.) One who lingers.
Lingering (a.) Delaying.
Lingering (a.) Drawn out in time; remaining long; protracted; as, a lingering disease.
Lingeringly (adv.) With delay; slowly; tediously.
Linget (n.) An ingot.
Lingism (n.) A mode of treating certain diseases, as obesity, by gymnastics; -- proposed by Pehr Henrik Ling, a Swede. See Kinesiatrics.
Lingle (n.) See Lingel.
Lingo (n.) Language; speech; dialect.
Lingoa wood () Amboyna wood.
Lingot (n.) A linget or ingot; also, a mold for casting metals. See Linget.
Linguae (pl. ) of Lingua
Lingua (n.) A tongue.
Lingua (n.) A median process of the labium, at the under side of the mouth in insects, and serving as a tongue.
Linguacious (a.) Given to the use of the tongue; loquacious.
Linguadental (a.) Formed or uttered by the joint use of the tongue and teeth, or rather that part of the gum just above the front teeth; dentolingual, as the letters d and t.
Linguadental (n.) An articulation pronounced by the aid or use of the tongue and teeth.
Lingua Franca () The commercial language of the Levant, -- a mixture of the languages of the people of the region and of foreign traders.
Lingual (a.) Of or pertaining to the tongue; uttered by the aid of the tongue; glossal; as, the lingual nerves; a lingual letter.
Lingual (n.) A consonant sound formed by the aid of the tongue; -- a term especially applied to certain articulations (as those of t, d, th, and n) and to the letters denoting them.
Linguality (n.) The quality of being lingual.
Linguatulida (n. pl.) Same as Linguatulina.
Linguatulina (n. pl.) An order of wormlike, degraded, parasitic arachnids. They have two pairs of retractile hooks, near the mouth. Called also Pentastomida.
Linguidental (a. & n.) Linguadental.
Linguiform (a.) Having the form of the tongue; tongue-shaped.
Linguist (n.) A master of the use of language; a talker.
Linguist (n.) A person skilled in languages.
Linguistic (a.) Alt. of Linguistical
Linguistical (a.) Of or pertaining to language; relating to linguistics, or to the affinities of languages.
Linguistically (adv.) In a linguistic manner; from the point of view of a linguist.
Linguistics (n.) The science of languages, or of the origin, signification, and application of words; glossology.
-lae (pl. ) of Lingula
Lingula (n.) A tonguelike process or part.
Lingula (n.) Any one of numerous species of brachiopod shells belonging to the genus Lingula, and related genera. See Brachiopoda, and Illustration in Appendix.
Lingulate (a.) Shaped like the tongue or a strap; ligulate.
Linigerous (a.) Bearing flax; producing linen.
Liniment (n.) A liquid or semiliquid preparation of a consistence thinner than an ointment, applied to the skin by friction, esp. one used as a sedative or a stimulant.
Lining (n.) The act of one who lines; the act or process of making lines, or of inserting a lining.
Lining (n.) That which covers the inner surface of anything, as of a garment or a box; also, the contents of anything.