Part 6555

<hw>Lin"e*ar*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a linear manner; with lines.</def>

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

<hw>Lin"e*ar-shaped`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of a linear shape.</def>

<h1>Lineary</h1> <Xpage=856>

<hw>Lin"e*a*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Linear.</def>

<i> Holland.</i>

<h1>Lineate, Lineated</h1> <Xpage=856>

<hw><hw>Lin"e*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Lin"e*a`ted</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>lineatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>lineare</ets> to reduce to a straight line, fr. <ets>linea</ets> line.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Marked with lines.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Marked longitudinally with depressed parallel lines; <as>as, a <ex>lineate</ex> leaf</as>.</def>

<h1>Lineation</h1> <Xpage=856>

<hw>Lin`e*a"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>lineatio</ets> the drawing of a line, fr. <ets>lineare</ets>.]</ety> <def>Delineation; a line or lines.</def>

<h1>Lineature</h1> <Xpage=856>

<hw>Lin"e*a*ture</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Anything having outline.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><-- sic -->

<i>Holland.</i>

<h1>Lineman</h1> <Xpage=856>

<hw>Line"man</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Linemen</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.</plu> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who carried the line in surveying, etc.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>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.</def><-- or telephone, or power lines. also, linesman -->

<-- 3. (Football) A player whose position is in the first (forward) line, as opposed to a "back". spec: center, guard, tackle.

4. A (Colloq.) A ladies' man who is especially adept at inventing effective introductory phrases (pick-up lines) to gain a woman's attention -->

<h1>Linen</h1> <Xpage=856>

<hw>Lin"en</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[OE., fr. <ets>lin</ets> linen. See <er>Linen</er>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b>]</ety> <def>Made of linen; <as>as, <ex>linen</ex> cloth; a <ex>linen</ex> stocking.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Resembling linen cloth; white; pale.</def>

<h1>Linen</h1> <Xpage=856>

<hw>Lin"en</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Prop. an adj. from OE. <ets>lin</ets>. flax, AS. <ets>l\'c6n</ets> flax, whence <ets>l\'c6nen</ets> made of flax; akin to OS., Icel., & MHG. <ets>l\'c6n</ets> flax and linen, G. <ets>lein</ets>, <ets>leinen</ets>, linen, Sw. <ets>lin</ets> flax, Goth. <ets>lein</ets> linen, L. <ets>linum</ets> flax, linen, Gr. <?/. Cf. <er>Line</er>, <er>Linseed</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Thread or cloth made of flax or (rarely) of hemp; -- used in a general sense to include cambric, shirting, sheeting, towels, tablecloths, etc.</def> "In <i>linen</i> white as milk."

<i>Robert of Brunne.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Underclothing, esp. the shirt, as being, in former times, chiefly made of linen.</def>

<-- 3. pl. bed linens -->

<cs><col>Linen draper</col>, <cd>a dealer in linen.</cd> -- <col>Linen prover</col>, <cd>a small microscope for counting the threads in a given space in linen fabrics.</cd> -- <mcol><col>Linen scroll</col>, <col>Linen pattern</col></mcol> <fld>(Arch.)</fld>, <cd>an ornament for filling panels, copied from the folds of a piece of stuff symmetrically disposed.</cd></cs> <-- bed linens, sheets and pillowcases for a bed. -->