<B>linenfold, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> of or forming a linen scroll. <BR> <I>Ex. a linenfold carving. The walls are lined with linenfold panelling (Manchester Guardian Weekly).</I> <DD><I>noun </I> a linen scroll. </DL>
<A NAME="linenscroll">
<B>linen scroll</B> or <B>pattern,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Architecture.) a form of decorative ornament suggesting the convolutions of rolled or folded linen, used to fill panels, especially during the Tudor period in England. </DL>
<A NAME="lineny">
<B>lineny, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> similar to linen. </DL>
<A NAME="lineofapsides">
<B>line of apsides,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the straight line that joins the two points in the elliptical orbit of a planetary body. </DL>
<A NAME="lineofbattle">
<B>line of battle,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> soldiers or ships in battle formation; battle line. <BR> <I>Ex. Cochrane sighted three merchantmen who turned out to be French line-of-battle ships (Wall Street Journal).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="lineofcredit">
<B>line of credit,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the quantity of credit granted by a store or bank to one of its customers. </DL>
<A NAME="lineofduty">
<B>line of duty,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> performance of duty or service, especially military duty. <BR><I>expr. <B>in the line of duty,</B> </I>while performing one's duty, especially in military service. <BR> <I>Ex. The guard was injured in the line of duty while serving at headquarters.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="lineofficer">
<B>line officer,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a commissioned officer in the army or navy commanding a combat unit or force. </DL>
<A NAME="lineoffire">
<B>line of fire,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the path of a bullet, shell, rocket, or other missile. </DL>
<A NAME="lineofforce">
<B>line of force,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Physics.) a line in a field of electric or magnetic force that indicates the direction in which the force is acting. </DL>
<A NAME="lineofposition">
<B>line of position,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the charted course on which an aircraft or ship is traveling, as determined by visual sightings, as of a railroad, or by radio or celestial means. When an intersecting line is obtained, the exact position of the craft can be determined. </DL>
<A NAME="lineofscrimmage">
<B>line of scrimmage,</B> =scrimmage line.</DL>
<A NAME="lineofsight">
<B>line of sight,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the straight line from the eye to the object it is looking at, such as a target in shooting or bombing. <DD><B> 2. </B>the straight line of the beam from a radar antenna. adj. <B>line-of-sight.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="lineofvision">
<B>line of vision,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a straight line from the fovea of the retina to the point on which vision is fixed. </DL>
<B>lineout, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Rugby.) the putting of the ball in play from the sideline. </DL>
<A NAME="lineprinter">
<B>line printer,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a computer output device that prints out a complete line of type in one printing cycle. </DL>
<A NAME="liner">
<B>liner</B> (1), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a ship or airplane belonging to a transportation system. <BR> <I>Ex. During the First World War Kendall commanded HMS Calgarian, a luxury liner serving as a cruiser (Maclean's).</I> <DD><B> 2a. </B>a person who makes lines, such as a person who keeps the lines in football. <DD><B> b. </B>an instrument, tool, or device for marking lines or stripes. <DD><B> 3. </B>a baseball hit so that it travels nearly parallel to the ground; line drive. <BR> <I>Ex. Reese followed with a liner high off the left field wall for a double (New York Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="liner">
<B>liner</B> (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person who lines or fits a lining to anything. <DD><B> 2. </B>something that serves as a lining, such as: <DD><B> a. </B>an inside cylinder, or a vessel placed inside another. <DD><B> b. </B>a thin slip of metal or other material placed between two parts to adjust them; shim. <DD><B> 3. </B>a short passage usually on the cover of a phonograph record giving information about the record. </DL>
<A NAME="linerboard">
<B>linerboard, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a paper product, the principal material used in making corrugated boxes. </DL>
<A NAME="linernotes">
<B>liner notes,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the text on a phonograph record cover. </DL>
<A NAME="lines">
<B>lines, </B>noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> See under <B>line</B> (1). </DL>
<A NAME="linesegment">
<B>line segment,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any finite section between two points on a line; segment. </DL>
<A NAME="linesman">
<B>linesman, </B>noun, pl. <B>-men.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a telephone, telegraph, or electric company lineman. <DD><B> 2. </B>(in lawn tennis, football, and certain other games) an official who watches the lines that mark out the field, court, rink, track, lane, or other playing area, and assists the umpire or referee. <DD><B> 3. </B>the official in football who watches the scrimmage for violation of the rules. <DD><B> 4. </B>one of the forwards, center, guard, tackle, or end, in football. </DL>
<A NAME="linespectrum">
<B>line spectrum,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a spectrum produced by a luminous gas or vapor in which distinct lines characteristic of an element are emitted by its atoms. </DL>
<A NAME="linesquall">
<B>line squall,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Meteorology.) a thunderstorm or other severe local storm appearing along a cold front. </DL>
<A NAME="linestorm">
<B>line storm,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a storm or gale occurring at or near an equinox; equinoctial. </DL>
<A NAME="lineup">
<B>line-up</B> or <B>lineup, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a formation of persons or things into a line or file. A police lineup is the arrangement of a group of individuals for identification. <DD><B> 2a. </B>a list of players who will take part or are taking part in a game of football, baseball, or certain other games. <DD><B> b. </B>the players themselves. <DD><B> 3. </B>any alignment of persons or groups for a common purpose. <BR> <I>Ex. With the present lineup, the balance of power in the commission has shifted from conservative to progressive (New York Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="ling">
<B>ling</B> (1), noun, pl. <B>lings</B> or (collectively) <B>ling.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>any one of a number of marine fishes of the North Atlantic, related to the cod, and having an elongated body, largely used for food, either salted or split and dried. <DD><B> 2. </B>the freshwater burbot of Europe and North America. <DD><B> 3. </B>any one of several other fishes. </DL>
<A NAME="ling">
<B>ling</B> (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of various heaths, especially the common heather. </DL>
<A NAME="ling">
<B>-ling,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (suffix forming nouns.) <DD><B> 1. </B>little; unimportant. <BR> <I>Ex. Duckling = a little duck.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>one that is ______. <BR> <I>Ex. Underling = one that is under.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>one belonging to or concerned with. <BR> <I>Ex. Earthling = one belonging to the earth.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="ling">
<B>ling.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> linguistics. </DL>
<A NAME="linga">
<B>linga, </B>noun. =lingam.</DL>
<A NAME="lingala">
<B>Lingala, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a lingua franca much used in the Congo (Zaire), consisting of Swahili and several Bantu dialects. </DL>
<A NAME="lingam">
<B>lingam, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a Hindu phallic symbol representing the male generative principle and used in the worship of Siva. </DL>
<A NAME="lingayat">
<B>Lingayat, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a member of a Hindu sect of southern India devoted to the worship of Siva. </DL>
<A NAME="lingcod">
<B>ling cod,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a food fish of the North American Pacific coast; cultus. </DL>
<A NAME="linger">
<B>linger, </B>intransitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to stay on or go slowly, as if unwilling to leave. <BR> <I>Ex. She lingered after the others had left.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to be slow to pass away or disappear. <BR> <I>Ex. Daylight lingers long in the summertime.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to be slow or late in doing or beginning anything; hesitate; delay; dawdle. <BR> <I>Ex. By no remonstrance ... could he prevail upon his allies to be early in the field ... Everyone of them lingered, and wondered why the rest were lingering (Macaulay).</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>to continue alive, in spite of weakness, sickness, or other adverse conditions. <BR> <I>Ex. I would not have thee linger in thy pain (Shakespeare).</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> to draw out, prolong, or protract by lingering. <BR> <I>Ex. (Figurative.) How slow This old moon wanes! She lingers my desires (Shakespeare).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>linger away,</B> </I>to waste by lingering. <BR> <I>Ex. Better to rush at once to shades below Than linger life away (Alexander Pope).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>linger on,</B> </I>to continue to linger; live although near death. <BR> <I>Ex. He lingered on in a comatose state.</I> noun <B>lingerer.</B> adv. <B>lingeringly.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="lingerie">
<B>lingerie, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>women's underwear, nightgowns, and the like. <DD><B> 2. </B>linen articles. </DL>
<A NAME="lingo">
<B>lingo, </B>noun, pl. <B>-goes.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Used humorously or in contempt.) <DD><B> 1. </B>language, especially foreign speech or language. <DD><B> 2. </B>any speech that sounds strange or is not understood, such as the jargon of some special group. <BR> <I>Ex. Writers about baseball use a strange lingo.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="lingoe">
<B>lingoe, </B>noun, pl. <B>-goes.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a metal weight hanging from the bottom of each cord of a Jacquard loom. </DL>
<A NAME="lingonberry">
<B>lingonberry, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ries.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a low shrub of the heath family growing in the northern parts of North America, Asia, and Europe; cowberry. <DD><B> 2. </B>its berry, similar to, and used in place of, the common cranberry. </DL>
<A NAME="lingua">
<B>lingua, </B>noun, pl. <B>-guae.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a tongue or tonguelike organ, such as the ligula of some insects and the proboscis of butterflies and moths. </DL>
