line: 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.