Definition of line

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Line (n.) 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..

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Affectionated :: Affectionated (a.) Disposed; inclined.
Schema :: Schema (n.) An outline or image universally applicable to a general conception, under which it is likely to be presented to the mind; as, five dots in a line are a schema of the number five; a preceding and succeeding event are a schema of cause and effect..
Womanliness :: Womanliness (n.) The quality or state of being womanly.
Daphnin :: Daphnin (n.) A white, crystalline, bitter substance, regarded as a glucoside, and extracted from Daphne mezereum and D. alpina..
Cordon :: Cordon (n.) A line or series of sentinels, or of military posts, inclosing or guarding any place or thing..
Score :: Score (v. t.) To mark or signify by lines or notches; to keep record or account of; to set down; to record; to charge.
Peltiform :: Peltiform (a.) Shieldlike, with the outline nearly circular; peltate..
Waved :: Waved (a.) Having undulations like waves; -- said of one of the lines in heraldry which serve as outlines to the ordinaries, etc..
Sugar :: Sugar (n.) A sweet white (or brownish yellow) crystalline substance, of a sandy or granular consistency, obtained by crystallizing the evaporated juice of certain plants, as the sugar cane, sorghum, beet root, sugar maple, etc. It is used for seasoning and preserving many kinds of food and drink. Ordinary sugar is essentially sucrose. See the Note below..
Retrogradation :: Retrogradation (n.) The state of being retrograde; decline.
Sheer :: Sheer (v. i.) To decline or deviate from the line of the proper course; to turn aside; to swerve; as, a ship sheers from her course; a horse sheers at a bicycle..
Solanidine :: Solanidine (n.) An alkaloid produced by the decomposition of solanine, as a white crystalline substance having a harsh bitter taste..
Line :: Line (v. t.) To impregnate; -- applied to brute animals.
Vitelligenous :: Vitelligenous (a.) Producing yolk, or vitelline substance; -- applied to certain cells (also called nutritive, or yolk, cells) formed in the ovaries of many insects, and supposed to supply nutriment to the developing ova..
Dastardy :: Dastardy (n.) Base timidity; cowardliness.
Suture :: Suture (n.) A line resembling a seam; as, the dorsal suture of a legume, which really corresponds to a midrib..
Wiliness :: Wiliness (n.) The quality or state of being wily; craftiness; cunning; guile.
Orthographical :: Orthographical (a.) Of or pertaining to right lines or angles.
Quatrain :: Quatrain (n.) A stanza of four lines rhyming alternately.
Freshen :: Freshen (v. t.) To make fresh; to separate, as water, from saline ingredients; to make less salt; as, to freshen water, fish, or flesh..
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