Part 6556

<h1>Linener</h1> <Xpage=856>

<hw>Lin"en*er</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A dealer in linen; a linen draper.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Lineolate</h1> <Xpage=856>

<hw>Lin"e*o*late</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>lineola</ets>, dim. of <ets>linea</ets> line.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Marked with little lines.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Marked longitudinally with fine lines.</def>

<i>Gray.</i>

<h1>Liner</h1> <Xpage=856>

<hw>Lin"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who lines, <as>as, a <ex>liner</ex> of shoes</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A vessel belonging to a regular line of packets; also, a line-of-battle ship; a ship of the line.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <def>A thin piece placed between two parts to hold or adjust them, fill a space, etc., ; a shim.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Steam Engine)</fld> <def>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.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>A slab on which small pieces of marble, tile, etc., are fastened for grinding.</def>

<p><b>6.</b> <fld>(Baseball)</fld> <def>A ball which, when struck, flies through the air in a nearly straight line not far from the ground.</def><-- = line drive, also (Coloq.) clothesliner -->

<h1>-ling</h1> <Xpage=856>

<hw>-ling</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[AS. <ets>-ling</ets>.]</ety> <def>A noun suffix, commonly having a <i>diminutive</i> or a <i>depreciatory</i> force; as in duck<i>-ling</i>, dos<i>ling</i>, hire<i>ling</i>, foster<i>ling</i>, first<i>ling</i>, under<i>ling</i>.</def>

<h1>-ling</h1> <Xpage=856>

<hw>-ling</hw><def>. An adverbial suffix; <as>as, dark<ex>ling</ex>, flat<ex>ling</ex></as>.</def>

<h1>Ling</h1> <Xpage=856>

<hw>Ling</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>lenge</ets>; akin to D. <ets>leng</ets>, G. <ets>l\'84nge</ets>, Dan. <ets>lange</ets>, Sw. <ets>l<?/nga</ets>, Icel. <ets>langa</ets>. So named from its being <ets>long</ets>. See <er>Long</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A large, marine, gadoid fish (<spn>Molva vulgaris</spn>) of Northern Europe and Greenland. It is valued as a food fish and is largely salted and dried. Called also <altname>drizzle</altname>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The burbot of Lake Ontario.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>An American hake of the genus <spn>Phycis</spn>.</def> <mark>[Canada]</mark> <sd>(d)</sd> <def>A New Zealand food fish of the genus <spn>Genypterus</spn>. The name is also locally applied to other fishes, as the cultus cod, the mutton fish, and the cobia.</def>

<h1>Ling</h1> <Xpage=856>

<hw>Ling</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Icel. <ets>lyng</ets>; akin to Dan. <ets>lyng</ets>, Sw. <ets>ljung</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Heather (<spn>Calluna vulgaris</spn>).</def>

<cs><col>Ling honey</col>, <cd>a sort of wild honey, made from the flowers of the heather.</cd></cs>

<i>Holland.</i>

<h1>Linga, Lingam</h1> <Xpage=856>

<hw><hw>Lin"ga</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Lin"gam</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Skr. <ets>linga</ets>.]</ety> <def>The phallic symbol under which Siva is principally worshiped in his character of the creative and reproductive power.</def>

<i>Whitworth. E. Arnold.</i>

<h1>Ling-bird</h1> <Xpage=856>

<hw>Ling"-bird`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The European meadow pipit; -- called also <spn>titling</spn>.</def>