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Lining   /lˈaɪnɪŋ/   Listen
noun
Lining  n.  
1.
The act of one who lines; the act or process of making lines, or of inserting a lining.
2.
That which covers the inner surface of anything, as of a garment or a box; also, the contents of anything. "The lining of his coffers shall make coats To deck our soldiers."


verb
Line  v. t.  (past & past part. lined; pres. part. lining)  
1.
To cover the inner surface of; as, to line a cloak with silk or fur; to line a box with paper or tin. "The inside lined with rich carnation silk."
2.
To put something in the inside of; to fill; to supply, as a purse with money. "The charge amounteth very high for any one man's purse, except lined beyond ordinary, to reach unto." "Till coffee has her stomach lined."
3.
To place persons or things along the side of for security or defense; to strengthen by adding anything; to fortify; as, to line works with soldiers. "Line and new repair our towns of war With men of courage and with means defendant."
4.
To impregnate; applied to brute animals.
Lined gold, gold foil having a lining of another metal.


Line  v. t.  
1.
To mark with a line or lines; to cover with lines; as, to line a copy book. "He had a healthy color in his cheeks, and his face, though lined, bore few traces of anxiety."
2.
To represent by lines; to delineate; to portray. (R.) "Pictures fairest lined."
3.
To read or repeat line by line; as, to line out a hymn. "This custom of reading or lining, or, as it was frequently called "deaconing" the hymn or psalm in the churches, was brought about partly from necessity."
4.
To form into a line; to align; as, to line troops.
To line bees, to track wild bees to their nest by following their line of flight.
To line up (Mach.), to put in alignment; to put in correct adjustment for smooth running. See 3d Line, 19.





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"Lining" Quotes from Famous Books



... milking qualities as long as they live. Old milk left in the receptacle of the teat soon changes into a curdy state, and the caseous matter not being at once removed by the next milking, is apt to irritate the lining membrane of the teat during the operation, especially when the teat is forcibly rubbed down between the finger and thumb in stripping. The consequence of this repeated irritation is the thickening of the lining membrane, ...
— Cattle and Their Diseases • Robert Jennings
... Quarterly Review for December 1850, says that "CAMPER and other comparative anatomists have shown that the left, or cardiac end of the stomach in the elephant is adapted, by several wide folds of lining membrane, to serve as a receiver for water;" but this is scarcely correct, for although CAMPER has accurately figured the external form of the stomach, he disposes of the question of the interior functions with ...
— Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon • J. Emerson Tennent
... leaves; the imposing hutu-tree, with foliage resembling the magnolia and its large white flowers, the petals of which are edged with bright pink;—these and many others, with the feathery palm and several kinds of mimosa lining the seashore, presented a display of form and colour such as the brothers had not up to ...
— The Island Queen • R.M. Ballantyne
... they stopped to call on Mrs. Sterling at Derrick's home, which, covered with its climbing vines, offered a pleasing contrast to the unpainted, bare-looking houses lining the village street beyond it. Here both Mrs. Halford and Miss Nellie were greatly interested in Bill Tooley, of whom they had already heard. He could not be induced to enter into conversation with them, merely answering, "yes, 'm" or "no, 'm" to their questions; but ...
— Derrick Sterling - A Story of the Mines • Kirk Munroe
... your pardon, I'm sure!' said Trotty, pulling up his hat in great confusion, and between the hat and the torn lining, fixing his head into a kind of bee-hive. 'I hope ...
— The Chimes • Charles Dickens


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