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t the end of the axle-tree of carts, &c. to 

 eonnne the wheels on them. Linch is the 

 Sax. lynis, an axle-tree. 



LIN'DEN-TREE, the European lime-tree, 

 .("t7;fl Ewopcea. 



LINE, Lat. linea. 1. In geometry, a 

 t aantity extended in length without 

 ireadth or thickness, and is either curved 



tr straight. 2. A measure of length, 



he twelfth part of an inch. 3. In for- 



\fication, whatever is drawn upon the 

 Around of the field, as a trench. 4. In 

 geography, another name for the equator. 



5. In military affairs, regular troops, 



in contradistinction to militia, volunteers, 



yeomanry, &c. 6. A ship of the line is 



any vessel of war large enough to be 



drawn up in the line of battle. 7. Line 



of battle, the disposition of an army in 



battle. 8. In geology, &c., strata almost 



always form some angle with the horizon, 

 declining at one point, and rising towards 

 the opposite point : a line drawn through 

 these points is called the line of dip, and 

 their longitudinal direction is called their 



line of bearing. 9. In ships, a general 



name for small ropes. The concluding 

 line is a small rope, which is hitched to 

 the middle of every step of a stern ladder. 

 The knave-line is a rope fastened to the 

 cross-trees, under the main-foretop, 

 brought down to the ship's side, and then 

 hauled up taut to the rails. The naval- 

 line is a rope depending from the heads of 

 the main and fore masts, and fastened to 

 the middle of the truss. The spilling-lines 

 are ropes occasionally fixed to the square 

 sails, for convenience in reefing and furl- 

 ing them. A white line is one which has 

 not been tarred. A mar-line is composed 

 of two strands very little twisted. There 

 are also deep-sea-lines and hand-line 

 marked at different distances, for taking 

 faoundings. There are also hauling-lines 

 fishing-lines, and life-lines, extended in 

 situations for persons to lay hold of, t 



prevent their falling. 10. The term 



Jin* is also used figuratively, as a line o: 

 ancestors, a line of business. Printers anc 

 poets make lines, and receive lines by th< 

 post. 



LIN'EAR, Lat. linearis, strap-shaped. 1 

 In botany, &c. narrow and of equa 

 breadth throughout the length, as a linem 



leaf. 2. In conchology, &c. for hneate 



(q. v.). 



LIN'EAR EQUATIONS, in the integral cat 

 culus, are those in which the unknowi 

 quantity is only of the first degree. 



LINEAR PERSPECTIVE is that which re 

 gards only the positions, magnitudes, am 

 forms of objects. 

 LIN'EATE, Lat. lineatut, streaked. 

 LIN'BN, from linum, flax. A species o 

 Cloth made of thread, flax, or hemp, fos 

 til-linen, an old name for amianthus. 

 LIXM (.or GROWTH). Those concentric 



lines or markings in a shell, trunk of r. 

 ree, &c., which mark the growth of the 

 ndividual, are thus named. 

 LING. 1. In ichthyology, the Gadus 

 olva, Lin., the Lota molva, Yarr., a tish 

 vhich is common on the English, Irish; 

 nd Scottish coasts, and, like the cod and 

 ake, forms a considerable article of com- 

 merce. 2. In botany, a species of bent- 

 grass. 



LIN'GUA. FRAN'CA, the mixed dialect. A 

 pecies of corrupt Italian, spoken chiefly 

 Jong the coasts of the Mediterranean. 



LIN'GUAL, from lingua, the tongue. 

 Appertaining to the tongue, as the lingual 

 arteries, veins, muscles, &c. 



LIN'GCIFORM, from lingua, the tongue, 

 and forme, form, tongue-shaped. 



LIN'GULATE, Lat. lingulatus, tongue- 

 shaped, from lingua, the tongue. 



LIN'IMENT, from lin, to anoint. A 

 medicament of a mediate consistence be- 

 tween an ointment and an oil, used to 

 rub upon diseased parts. 



LI'NING. In architecture, any covering 

 of an interior surface. 



LINK, a certain portion of a chain ; e.g. 

 Gunter's chain consists of 100 links, each 

 measuring 72'92 inches. 



LIN'NET, a small singing-bird of the 

 finch tribe, the Fringilla linota, Lin. Ac- 

 cording to Cuvier's arrangement, the 

 linnets, including the canary-bird, make 

 the sub-genus Linaria. 



LIS'SEED, lint-seed. The seed of the 

 common flax, Linum usitatissimum. It 

 yields linseed-oil by expression. The cake 

 which remains after expression of the 

 oil is called oil-cake. The seeds are also 

 ground into linseed-meal. Much used in 

 medicine 



LIN'SEV-WOOL'SET, cloth made of lint 

 and wool ; the warp being lint, and the 

 weft wool. 



LIN'STOCK. Lint-stock. A staff of wood, 

 with a fork at one end, to hold a lighted 

 match. Used by gunners in firing cannon. 



LINT. 1. In botany, another name for 

 flax ; but sometimes applied especially to 



dressed flax. 2. In surgery, linen 



scraped into a soft woolly substance, tit 

 for applying to wounds. 



LIN'TEL, the horizontal or head-piece 

 which covers the opening of a door or 

 window : the part of the frame which 

 lies on the side pieces. The. term is 

 Spanish lintel for dentel. 



LI'KUX. The Flax. A genus of herba- 

 ceous plants. Pentandria Pentagynia. 

 Name, Aivoi, anciently applied generally 

 to all stuffs fit to be woven. The L. tw- 

 tatissimum is the species commonly cul- 

 tivated in this country : but there are 

 other indigenous species, among which is 

 the purging flax, or mill-mountain (L. 

 catharticum.) See FLAX. 



LiNY'rHtA. The name given by L- 



