Part 6554

<blockquote>This custom of reading or <b>lining</b>, <b>or</b>, as it was frequently called "deaconing' the hymn or psalm in the churches, was brought about partly from necessity. <i>N. D. Gould.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To form into a line; to align; <as>as, to <ex>line</ex> troops</as>.</def>

<cs><col>To line bees</col>, <cd>to track wild bees to their nest by following their line of flight.</cd> -- <col>To line up</col> <fld>(Mach.)</fld>, <cd>to put in alignment; to put in correct adjustment for smooth running. See 3d <er>Line</er>, 19.</cd></cs>

<h1>Lineage</h1> <Xpage=856>

<hw>Lin"e*age</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>linage</ets>, F. <ets>lignage</ets>, fr. L. <ets>linea</ets> line. See 3d <er>Line</er>.]</ety> <def>Descent in a line from a common progenitor; progeny; race; descending line of offspring or ascending line of parentage.</def>

<blockquote>Both the <b>lineage</b> and the certain sire From which I sprung, from me are hidden yet. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Lineal</h1> <Xpage=856>

<hw>Lin"e*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>linealis</ets> belonging to a line, fr. <ets>linea</ets> line: cf. F. <ets>lin\'82al</ets>. See 3d <er>Line</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Descending in a direct line from an ancestor; hereditary; derived from ancestors; -- opposed to <i>collateral</i>; <as>as, a <ex>lineal</ex> descent or a <ex>lineal</ex> descendant</as>.</def>

<blockquote>The prime and ancient right of <b>lineal</b> succession. <i>Locke.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Inheriting by direct descent; having the right by direct descent to succeed (<ptcl>to</ptcl>).</def>

<blockquote>For only you are <b>lineal</b> to the throne. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Composed of lines; delineated; <as>as, <ex>lineal</ex> designs</as>.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>In the direction of a line; of a line; of or pertaining to a line; measured on, or ascertained by, a line; linear; <as>as, <ex>lineal</ex> magnitude</as>.</def>

<cs><col>Lineal measure</col>, <cd>the measure of length; -- usually written <altname>linear measure</altname>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Lineality</h1> <Xpage=856>

<hw>Lin`e*al"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being linea<?/.</def>

<h1>Lineally</h1> <Xpage=856>

<hw>Lin"e*al*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a lineal manner; <as>as, the prince is <ex>lineally</ex> descended from the Conqueror</as>.</def>

<h1>Lineament</h1> <Xpage=856>

<hw>Lin"e*a*ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>lineamentum</ets>, fr. <ets>linea</ets> line: cf. F. <ets>lin\'82ament</ets>. See 3d <er>Line</er>.]</ety> <def>One of the outlines, exterior features, or distinctive marks, of a body or figure, particularly of the face; feature; form; mark; -- usually in the <i>plural</i>.</def> "The <i>lineaments</i> of the body." <i>Locke</i>. "<i>Lineaments</i> in the character." <i>Swift</i>.

<blockquote>Man he seems In all his <b>lineaments</b>. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Linear</h1> <Xpage=856>

<hw>Lin"e*ar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>linearis</ets>, <ets>linearius</ets> , fr. <ets>linea</ets> line: cf. F. <ets>lin\'82aire</ets>. See 3d <er>Line</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Of or pertaining to a line; consisting of lines; in a straight direction; lineal.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Like a line; narrow; of the same breadth throughout, except at the extremities; <as>as, a <ex>linear</ex> leaf</as>.</def>

<cs><col>Linear differential</col> <fld>(Math.)</fld>, <cd>an equation which is of the first degree, when the expression which is equated to zero is regarded as a function of the dependent variable and its differential coefficients.</cd> -- <col>Linear equation</col> <fld>(Math.)</fld>, <cd>an equation of the first degree between two variables; -- so called because every such equation may be considered as representing a right line.<-- = stright line! --></cd> -- <col>Linear measure</col>, <cd>the measurement of length.</cd> -- <col>Linear numbers</col> <fld>(Math.)</fld>, <cd>such numbers as have relation to length only: such is a number which represents one side of a plane figure. If the plane figure is square, the linear figure is called a <i>root<i>.</cd> -- <col>Linear problem</col> <fld>(Geom.)</fld>, <cd>a problem which may be solved geometrically by the use of right lines alone.</cd> -- <col>Linear transformation</col> <fld>(Alg.)</fld>, <cd>a change of variables where each variable is replaced by a function of the first degree in the new variable.</cd></cs>

<h1>Linearensate</h1> <Xpage=856>

<hw>Lin`e*ar*en"sate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having the form of a sword, but very long and narrow.</def>

<h1>Linearly</h1> <Xpage=856>