[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

line \line\, n. oe. line, as. limacne cable, hawser, prob.
   from l. linea a linen thread, string, line, fr. linum flax,
   thread, linen, cable; but the english word was influenced by
   f. ligne line, from the same l. word linea. see linen.
   1. a linen thread or string; a slender, strong cord; also, a
      cord of any thickness; a rope; a hawser; as, a fishing
      line; a line for snaring birds; a clothesline; a towline.
      1913 webster

            who so layeth lines for to latch fowls. --piers
                                                  plowman.
      1913 webster

   2. a more or less threadlike mark of pen, pencil, or graver;
      any long mark; as, a chalk line.
      1913 webster

   3. the course followed by anything in motion; hence, a road
      or route; as, the arrow descended in a curved line; the
      place is remote from lines of travel.
      1913 webster

   4. direction; as, the line of sight or vision.
      1913 webster

   5. a row of letters, words, etc., written or printed; esp., a
      row of words extending across a page or column.
      1913 webster

   6. a short letter; a note; as, a line from a friend.
      1913 webster

   7. poet. a verse, or the words which form a certain number
      of feet, according to the measure.
      1913 webster

            in the preceding line ulysses speaks of nausicaa.
                                                  --broome.
      1913 webster

   8. course of conduct, thought, occupation, or policy; method
      of argument; department of industry, trade, or
      intellectual activity.
      1913 webster

            he is uncommonly powerful in his own line, but it is
            not the line of a first-rate man.     --coleridge.
      1913 webster

   9. math. that which has length, but not breadth or
      thickness.
      1913 webster

   10. the exterior limit of a figure, plat, or territory;
       boundary; contour; outline.
       1913 webster

             eden stretched her line
             from auran eastward to the royal towers
             of great seleucia.                   --milton.
       1913 webster

   11. a threadlike crease marking the face or the hand; hence,
       characteristic mark.
       1913 webster

             though on his brow were graven lines austere.
                                                  --byron.
       1913 webster

             he tipples palmistry, and dines
             on all her fortune-telling lines.    --cleveland.
       1913 webster

   12. lineament; feature; figure. "the lines of my boy's face."
       --shak.
       1913 webster

   13. a straight row; a continued series or rank; as, a line of
       houses, or of soldiers; a line of barriers.
       1913 webster

             unite thy forces and attack their lines. --dryden.
       1913 webster

   14. a series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a
       given person; a family or race; as, the ascending or
       descending line; the line of descent; the male line; a
       line of kings.
       1913 webster

             of his lineage am i, and his offspring
             by very line, as of the stock real.  --chaucer.
       1913 webster

   15. a connected series of public conveyances, and hence, an
       established arrangement for forwarding merchandise, etc.;
       as, a line of stages; an express line.
       1913 webster

   16. geog.
       a a circle of latitude or of longitude, as represented
           on a map.
       b the equator; -- usually called the line, or
           equinoctial line; as, to cross the line.
           1913 webster

   17. a long tape, or a narrow ribbon of steel, etc., marked
       with subdivisions, as feet and inches, for measuring; a
       tapeline.
       1913 webster

   18. script.
       a a measuring line or cord.
           1913 webster

                 he marketh it out with a line.   --is. xliv.
                                                  13.
       b that which was measured by a line, as a field or any
           piece of land set apart; hence, allotted place of
           abode.
           1913 webster

                 the lines are fallen unto me in pleasant
                 places; yea, i have a goodly heritage. --ps.
                                                  xvi. 6.
       c instruction; doctrine.
           1913 webster

                 their line is gone out through all the earth.
                                                  --ps. xix. 4.
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   19. mach. the proper relative position or adjustment of
       parts, not as to design or proportion, but with reference
       to smooth working; as, the engine is in line or out of
       line.
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   20. the track and roadbed of a railway; railroad.
       1913 webster

   21. mil.
       a a row of men who are abreast of one another, whether
           side by side or some distance apart; -- opposed to
           column.
       b the regular infantry of an army, as distinguished
           from militia, guards, volunteer corps, cavalry,
           artillery, etc.
           1913 webster

   22. fort.
       a a trench or rampart.
       b pl. dispositions made to cover extended positions,
           and presenting a front in but one direction to an
           enemy.
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   23. pl. shipbuilding form of a vessel as shown by the
       outlines of vertical, horizontal, and oblique sections.
       1913 webster

   24. mus. one of the straight horizontal and parallel
       prolonged strokes on and between which the notes are
       placed.
       1913 webster

   25. stock exchange a number of shares taken by a jobber.
       1913 webster

   26. trade a series of various qualities and values of the
       same general class of articles; as, a full line of
       hosiery; a line of merinos, etc. --mcelrath.
       1913 webster

   27. the wire connecting one telegraphic station with another,
       or the whole of a system of telegraph wires under one
       management and name.
       1913 webster

   28. pl. the reins with which a horse is guided by his driver.
       u. s.
       1913 webster

   29. a measure of length; one twelfth of an inch.
       1913 webster

   hard lines, hard lot. --c. kingsley. see def. 18.

   line breeding stockbreeding, breeding by a certain family
      line of descent, especially in the selection of the dam or
      mother.

   line conch zool., a spiral marine shell fasciolaria
      distans, of florida and the west indies. it is marked by
      narrow, dark, revolving lines.

   line engraving.
       a engraving in which the effects are produced by lines
           of different width and closeness, cut with the burin
           upon copper or similar material; also, a plate so
           engraved.
       b a picture produced by printing from such an
           engraving.

   line of battle.
       a mil. tactics the position of troops drawn up in
           their usual order without any determined maneuver.
       b naval the line or arrangement formed by vessels of
           war in an engagement.

   line of battle ship. see ship of the line, below.

   line of beauty fine arts,an abstract line supposed to be
      beautiful in itself and absolutely; -- differently
      represented by different authors, often as a kind of
      elongated s like the one drawn by hogarth.

   line of centers. mach.
       a a line joining two centers, or fulcra, as of wheels
           or levers.
       b a line which determines a dead center. see dead
           center, under dead.

   line of dip geol., a line in the plane of a stratum, or
      part of a stratum, perpendicular to its intersection with
      a horizontal plane; the line of greatest inclination of a
      stratum to the horizon.

   line of fire mil., the direction of fire.

   line of force physics, any line in a space in which
      forces are acting, so drawn that at every point of the
      line its tangent is the direction of the resultant of all
      the forces. it cuts at right angles every equipotential
      surface which it meets. specifically magnetism, a line
      in proximity to a magnet so drawn that any point in it is
      tangential with the direction of a short compass needle
      held at that point. --faraday.

   line of life palmistry, a line on the inside of the hand,
      curving about the base of the thumb, supposed to indicate,
      by its form or position, the length of a person's life.

   line of lines. see gunter's line.

   line of march. mil.
       a arrangement of troops for marching.
       b course or direction taken by an army or body of
           troops in marching.

   line of operations, that portion of a theater of war which
      an army passes over in attaining its object. --h. w.
      halleck.

   line of sight firearms, the line which passes through the
      front and rear sight, at any elevation, when they are
      sighted at an object.

   line tub naut., a tub in which the line carried by a
      whaleboat is coiled.

   mason and dixon's line, mason-dixon line, the boundary
      line between pennsylvania and maryland, as run before the
      revolution 1764-1767 by two english astronomers named
      charles mason and jeremiah dixon. in an extended sense,
      the line between the free and the slave states; as, below
      the mason-dixon line, i.e. in the south.

   on the line,
       a on a level with the eye of the spectator; -- said of
           a picture, as hung in an exhibition of pictures.
       b at risk dependent upon success in a contest or
           enterprise; as, the survival of the company is on the
           line in this project.

   right line, a straight line; the shortest line that can be
      drawn between two points.

   ship of the line, formerly, a ship of war large enough to
      have a place in the line of battle; a vessel superior to a
      frigate; usually, a seventy-four, or three-decker; --
      called also line of battle ship or battleship.
      --totten.

   to cross the line, to cross the equator, as a vessel at
      sea.

   to give a person line, to allow him more or less liberty
      until it is convenient to stop or check him, like a hooked
      fish that swims away with the line.

   water line shipbuilding, the outline of a horizontal
      section of a vessel, as when floating in the water.
      1913 webster
see also:
linen column hard lines line breeding line conch fasciolaria distans 
line engraving line of battle line of battle ship ship of the line line of beauty 
line of centers dead center dead line of dip line of fire 
line of force line of life line of lines gunter's line line of march 
line of operations line of sight line tub mason and dixon's line mason-dixon line 
on the line right line line of battle ship battleship to cross the line 
to give a person line water line 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

line of life
     n : a crease on the palm; its length is said by palmists to
         indicate how long you will live syn: life line, lifeline
see also:
life line lifeline 

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