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1. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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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