12. Lineament; feature; figure. "The lines of my boy's face." Shak.
13. A straight row; a continued series or rank; as, a line of houses, or of soldiers; a line of barriers.
Unite thy forces and attack their lines.
Dryden. 14. 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.
Of his lineage am I, and his offspring
By very line, as of the stock real.
Chaucer. 15. A connected series of public conveyances, and hence, an established arrangement for forwarding
merchandise, etc.; as, a line of stages; an express line.
16. (Geog.) (a) A circle of latitude or of longitude, as represented on a map. (b) The equator; —
usually called the line, or equinoctial line; as, to cross the line.
17. A long tape, or a narrow ribbon of steel, etc., marked with subdivisions, as feet and inches, for measuring; a
tapeline.
18. (Script.) (a) A measuring line or cord.
He marketh it out with a line.
Is. xliv. 13. (b) That which was measured by a line, as a field or any piece of land set apart; hence, allotted place of
abode.
The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.
Ps. xvi. 6. (c) Instruction; doctrine.
Their line is gone out through all the earth.
Ps. xix. 4. 19. (Mach.) 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.
20. The track and roadbed of a railway; railroad.
21. (Mil.) (a) A row of men who are abreast of one another, whether side by side or some distance
apart; — opposed to column. (b) The regular infantry of an army, as distinguished from militia, guards,
volunteer corps, cavalry, artillery, etc.
22. (Fort.) (a) A trench or rampart. (b) pl. Dispositions made to cover extended positions, and presenting
a front in but one direction to an enemy.
23. pl. (Shipbuilding) Form of a vessel as shown by the outlines of vertical, horizontal, and oblique
sections.
24. (Mus.) One of the straight horizontal and parallel prolonged strokes on and between which the
notes are placed.
25. (Stock Exchange) A number of shares taken by a jobber.
26. (Trade) 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. McElrath.
