"Line" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH

In descents. The order or series of persons who have descended one front the other or ell from a common ancestor, considered as placed in a line of succession in the .order of their birth, the line showing the connection of all the blood-relatives

A trench or rampart.

One of the straight horizontal and parallel prolonged strokes
on and between which the notes are placed.

Dispositions made to cover extended positions, and presenting
a front in but one direction to an enemy.

A connected series of public conveyances, and hence, an
established arrangement for forwarding merchandise, etc.; as, a line of
stages; an express line.

Direction; as, the line of sight or vision.

Course of conduct, thought, occupation, or policy; method of
argument; department of industry, trade, or intellectual activity.

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 track and roadbed of a railway; railroad.

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.

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 represent by lines; to delineate; to portray.

A verse, or the words which form a certain number of feet,
according to the measure.

A measuring line or cord.

The regular infantry of an army, as distinguished from
militia, guards, volunteer corps, cavalry, artillery, etc.

The wire connecting one telegraphic station with another, or
the whole of a system of telegraph wires under one management and name.

The equator; -- usually called the line, or equinoctial line;
as, to cross the line.

Flax; linen.

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.

That which was measured by a line, as a field or any piece of
land set apart; hence, allotted place of abode.

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.

A threadlike crease marking the face or the hand; hence,
characteristic mark.

A long tape, or a narrow ribbon of steel, etc., marked with
subdivisions, as feet and inches, for measuring; a tapeline.

A straight row; a continued series or rank; as, a line of
houses, or of soldiers; a line of barriers.

A circle of latitude or of longitude, as represented on a
map.

A number of shares taken by a jobber.

To mark with a line or lines; to cover with lines; as, to
line a copy book.

The reins with which a horse is guided by his driver.

To form into a line; to align; as, to line troops.

The longer and finer fiber of flax.

A row of men who are abreast of one another, whether side by
side or some distance apart; -- opposed to column.

Instruction; doctrine.

To put something in the inside of; to fill; to supply, as
a purse with money.

To read or repeat line by line; as, to line out a hymn.

Form of a vessel as shown by the outlines of vertical,
horizontal, and oblique sections.

A more or less threadlike mark of pen, pencil, or graver; any
long mark; as, a chalk line.

The exterior limit of a figure, plat, or territory; boundary;
contour; outline.

To cover the inner surface of; as, to line a cloak with
silk or fur; to line a box with paper or tin.

A measure of length; one twelfth of an inch.

Lineament; feature; figure.

To impregnate; -- applied to brute animals.

A short letter; a note; as, a line from a friend.

A row of letters, words, etc., written or printed; esp., a
row of words extending across a page or column.

That which has length, but not breadth or thickness.

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.