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Line \Line\ (l[imac]n), v. t.
1. To mark with a line or lines; to cover with lines; as, to
line a copy book.
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He had a healthy color in his cheeks, and his face,
though lined, bore few traces of anxiety. --Dickens.
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2. To represent by lines; to delineate; to portray. [R.]
"Pictures fairest lined." --Shak.
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3. To read or repeat line by line; as, to line out a hymn.
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This custom of reading or lining, or, as it was
frequently called "deaconing" the hymn or psalm in
the churches, was brought about partly from
necessity. --N. D. Gould.
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4. To form into a line; to align; as, to line troops.
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{To line bees}, to track wild bees to their nest by following
their line of flight.
{To line up} (Mach.), to put in alignment; to put in correct
adjustment for smooth running. See 3d {Line}, 19.
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