line (2), lin, lyne (2)

[A. S. lin, from Latin linum flax.] [LINEN.] *1. Ord . Lang .: Flax, linen. 2. Fiber : The finer and longer stapled flax separated from the shorter tow by means of the hackle (q. v.). line, v. t. [LINE (1) & (2), s.] 1. To draw lines on or upon; to mark with lines or fine strokes. 2. To draw, to delineate. "All the pictures fairest lined Are but black to Rosalind." Shakesp.: As You Like It, iii. 2. line a 6. To cover on the inside; to put or make a lining to; to put in the inside of. In this sense from line (2), s.; the original meaning being to put linen inside anything. 7. To fill, to store. "The diadem, with mighty projects lined, To catch renown by ruining mankind." Cowper: Table Talk , 59. 8. To place in a line by the side of or along. "The way from the hall to the western door of the abbey had been lined by Dutch soldiers."-Macaulay: Hist. Eng ., ch. xi. 9. To cover, as with something soft. 10. To cover, to impregnate. (Said especially of dogs.) *11. To strengthen with new works; to cover and protect others. To line bees: To track wild bees to their nests by following them in their line of flight. lin-e-a, s. [Lat.] A line.