line a alba

Anat.: A white tendinous band in front of the abdomen, and beneath the external oblique muscle, extending from the ensiform cartilage to the os pubis ; on each side of it are the line a semilunar is , and connecting them together are three or four transverse bands, the lineæ trans versæ. line a transversal is, s. Bot.: The ostiolum of certain fungals. lin'-ě-age (age as Ig), *lignage, *linage, s . [Fr. lignage, from ligne a line; Sp. linage . Race, family; line of descent; descendants in a line from a common prog on it or. lin-e-al, a. [Lat. lineal is pertaining to a line; line a a line.] 1. Composed of lines; delineated. 2. In the direction of a line; pertaining to or measured by a line; as, lineal measure. 3. Descending in a direct line from an ancestor. "And for the same his lineal race In darkne found a dwelling-place." Byron: Prisoner of Chillon, i. 4. Hereditary; derived from ancestors. "Peace be to France, if France in peace permit Our just and lineal entrance to our own." Shakesp.: King John, ii. 1. 5. Allied by direct descent from a common ancestor. "Queen Isabel, his grandmother, Was lineal of the lady Ermengere." Shakesp.: Henry V., 1. 2. IMG:content-0597.png:[blocks in formation]