LINE. 



x>r gibbofe parts toward the fefs itfelF, and fo of a bend, writers : the fird is the falee or dovdail line, fo called from 

 chevron, and other proper figures of lieraldry ; and if thefe its refemblance to a fort of joint ufed by our carpenters, ia 

 be invefted, then the convex parts of the lines are towards' which one part goes alternately all the way down between 



two others ; this is called by Morgan the inclave, or labelled 

 hne, becaufe the points, as they proceed from the ordinary, 

 fuch as the chief or fefs, reprt-fcnt not amifs the points, or 

 rather the ends of the labels. The other line is called 

 urdec or champagne by Frefne ; and by Upton, vnir, becaufe 

 its points are formed like pieces of the fur, called by heralds 

 -ca'ir. 



The two laft of thefe are of very little ufe, the others are 

 the common lines of arms, and are called the attributes or 

 accidents of armorial figures which they form ; and if any 



the fie'd ; but thefe line* are better diftinguillied wh.en 



placed by way of bordure, with the letters within a bordure 



ingrailed or invecied. 



Thefe two lines are more hard to be diftinguiflied, when 



the field is divided into two equal parts, of different colours, 



as parted per pale, parted per fels, &lc. Here we know 



not whether the line be ingrailed or invefted, except we 



follow this rule, that the form of the hne muft be applied to 



the colour firll nam.ed. The French terms for thefe two 



lines are, for the engrailed, engrele, and for the invefted, 



can h ; and the Litin writers exprefs ingrailed by //jj/v^/Za/vj-, other lines are found in the figures or engravings of arms 



imbrkatus, and jlnalus, and the invefted by the words in- which are not reducible to the one or the other of thefe, 



"■jcrtiis and canaUculalns. they are called irregular, and by the French heralds ckllc. 



The v(-avy, or waved line, is f;?ch an one as is formed in The knowledge and ufe of thefe forms of lines are neceffary 



reprefenlation of the waves of the tea, as parted per fefs in the fcier.ce of heraldry to diftinguifh and difference many 



wavy in arms and other waved lines, as the wavy bai's all armorial bearings. ' 



L.INE, Lalelhd. See Labelled. 



Line, Lateral, linca lateralis, in Ichthyology, a name given 

 by naturahUs to a line or (Ireak, with whicii many kinds of 

 fi(h are marked, pafiing along their fides. Few fi(h are 

 without this line ; but it is variottfly formed in the feveral 



exprefs that the perfon got his honours by fea fervice. 



Nebulee is another name of a line in heraldry : it exprefles 

 a clouded line ; the French call it nuance, and the Lafins 

 nebulofa linea. This alfo has been given to perfons who have 

 been eminently {killed in navigation 



Crenele, or embattled lines, reprefent tiie battlements of kinds, and makes a very confiderable article in their defcrip- 



a houfe, and are faid to reprefent in heraldry the fi<ill in 

 architecture, for which the firft of the family was famous ; 

 they were alfo given fometimes for eminent fervices, in af- 

 fauhing or defending catties in time of war, and fometimes 

 only as emblems of a houfe to exprefs a perfon who bore 

 them being of a noble houfe or family ; for of old, none 

 were fufFered to embattle their houfes but perfons of great 

 diilinftion. 



The L.3tin writers in heraldry ufe for the words crenele, 

 the terms pir.natus and pinnis afperatns, according to ITredus 

 in his blazons, and Sylveller Petra Sandia in his w.urales 

 pinnalee. 



There is another line of this kind in heraldry, which 



tion, if not in the diftiii6tion of tiie fpecies. In fume fpecies 

 it is made of a feries of little poii.ts, or holes, as appears to 

 the eye ; of this nature is the line in eels, &c. In fame 

 others it is formed of a fort of dutt, running along the 

 centre of a great number of fcales. This is its ilructure ia 

 the generality of filhcs. 



Tliis line, in various kinds of fifii, varies alfo in regard to 

 number, fituatiop, figure, and other properties. In regard 

 to number, there is no line obl'crved in the fyngnathi aiid 

 petromyza, in almofl all other fiih, there is one on each 

 fide ; and, finally, in foTne there are as it were two lines on 

 each fide : an inilance of ihis we have in the ammodytae. In 

 regard to the fituation, the diiferences are thefe: i. In 



Leigh calls the battle-embattled line : this has one degree of fome it is near the back, as in the clupea, falmonf, perch. 



embattling above another. When the upper points in this 

 kind of line are reprefented fharp, it is called campagne, as 

 if the lines ending in points reprefented baftions, or the 

 outer works of ciiies and camps ; and when the upper points 

 are rounded, it is called crenele embattled arrondi. 



The indented hne is notched fo at the edges, that it re- 

 prefents the teeth of a faw, and has its name from the Latin 

 dens, a tooth, or from the law term indenture, a fort of 

 deed, the top of which is always notched hke the teeth of a 

 faw. 



The dancette is another line, very much refembling the 

 indented line, but that it is always much fmaller ; it is 

 therefore faid by the heralds to be the fame in quality, but 

 rot in quantity. The dancette differs alfo from the indented 

 line, in that it aKvays confifts but of a few teeth, though 

 never lefs than' three, according to Mr. Holmes, in his 

 Office of Armory ; whereas the indented. line has always a 

 great many teeth. The French exprefs our indented line by 

 the term danche or deritille ; av.A the dancette, when it has 

 but very few teeth, and thofe very long, by the term •viiitre, 

 which Meneftrier takes to be the letter M, with its legs ex- 

 tended from fide to fide of the fliield, becaufe many who 

 carry a partition, or fefs, after that form, have the family 

 name beginning with that letter. The J^atin v/riters ex- 

 prefs the term indented by dentatus, indentatus, and denti- 

 euiatui f and when the teeth are very long, as in the dan- 

 cette, they call them denies decumani. See alfo Nebuly and 

 Raoui.ed. 



There are yet two other lines mentionsd by the heraldry 



and the like. 2. In others it is placed nearer the belly, 

 and runs parallel with it, as in the cyprir.i. j. In fome it 

 is placed in the centre of each fide between the back and 

 the belly, as in the caralTius. 4. In fome it is placed 

 a*ainft the interlliccs of the mufcles, or fpina derfalis, as ia 

 the murtena. And, j. In fome it is placed above the inter- 

 ilices, as in the ammodytE, &c. It has been fuppoied by* 

 many, that this litiea lateralis war. always parallel to the in- 

 terllices of mufcles ; but this is evinced to be an erroneous 

 opinion, by the obiervation of the perch and mackrel. In 

 regard to the differences of figure, this line is ia fome 

 ftraight, as in the coregone, falmons, &c. 2. In ethers it 

 is crooked, as in the cypriiii, the perch, &;c. and in the 

 generality of fifh is fmooth to the touch, but in fome it is 

 rough and aculeaied, as in the tracliurus and pleuroueCti. 

 See Anatomy cfFikijKS. 



LlSEoflL'Banj^et, in the Manege. See Banquet. 



Like of a Volt. Sec Squaue and Volt. 



Line of Dircifion, in Mechanics and Gunnery. See Di- 

 rection. 



Line of Gravitiition ef a heavy Bvly, is a line draw-n 

 through Its centre of gravity, and according to which k 

 tends downwards. ■ 



LiSE of the fKnftefi Deftnl of a heavy Body. SceJOc- 

 scent and Cycloid. 



Linj: of a Frojc^iL: See PiiojnrTir si .; 



Lines, in Mufc. Three, four, five, or fix horizontal 



and parallel liix-: compofe the llafl", upor. which iv.A bp, 



N 2 tw:ca 



