geckzilla wrote:
Lane may be more appropriate, but line doesn't seem wrong to me, either. It does form a distinct line. Don't think it's an error.
Lane, n. [OE. lane, lone, AS. lone, lone; akin to D. laan, OFries. lana, lona.] A passageway between fences or hedges which is not traveled as a highroad; an alley between buildings; a narrow way among trees, rcks, and other natural obstructions; hence, in a general sense, a narrow passageway; as, a lane between lines of men, or through a field of ice.
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Lone, n. A lane. [Local.]
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Lene, n. [L. lenis smooth.] (Phonetics) (a) The smooth breathing (spiritus lenis). (b) Any one of the lene consonants, as p, k, or i (or Gr. π, κ, τ.). W. E. Jelf.
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Lune, n. [L. luna moon: cf. F. lune. See Luna.]
1. Anything in the shape of a half moon. [R.]
2. (Geom.) A figure in the form of a crescent, bounded by two intersecting arcs of circles.
3. A fit of lunacy or madness; a period of frenzy; a crazy or unreasonable freak. [Obs.]
. "These dangerous, unsafe lunes i' the king." Shak.
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Lyne, n. Linen. [Obs.] Spenser.
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Line, n. [OE. line, AS. līne 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. 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.
. "Who so layeth lines for to latch fowls. Piers Plowman.
2. A more or less threadlike mark of pen, pencil, or graver; any long mark; as, a chalk line.
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.
4. Direction; as, the line sight or vision.
5. A row of letters, words, etc., written or printed; esp., a row of words extending across a page or column.
6. A short letter; a note; as, a line from a friend.
7. (Poet.) A verse, or the words which form a certain number of feet, according to the measure.
. "In the preceding line Ulysses speaks of Nausicaa. Broome.
8. Course of conduct, thought, occupation, or policy; method of argument; department of industry, trade, or intellectual activity.
. "He is uncommonly powerful in his own line, but it is not the line of a first-rate man. Coleridge.
9. (Math.) That which has length, but not breadth or thickness.
10. The exterior limit of a figure, plat, or territory; boundary; contour; outline.
. "Eden stretched her line From Auran eastward to the royal towers Of great Seleucia. Milton.
11. A threadlike crease marking the face or the hand; hence, characteristic mark.
. "Though on his brow were graven lines austere. Byron.
. "He tipples palmistry, and dines On all her fortune-telling lines. Cleveland.
12. Lineament; feature; figure. The lines of my boy's face." Shak.
13. A straight row; a continued series or rank; as, a line of houses, or of soldiers; a line of barriers.
. "Unite thy forces and attack their lines. Dryden.
14. A series or succession of ancestors or descand ants 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.
. "Of his lineage am I, and his offspring By very line, as of the stock real. Chaucer.
15. A connected series of public conveyances, and hence, an established arrangement for forwarding merchandise, etc. ; as, a line of stages; an express line.
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.
17. A long tape, or a narrow ribbon of steel, etc., marked with subdivisions, as feet and inches, for measuring; a tapeline.
18. (Script.) (a) A measuring line or cord.
. "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.
. "The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yes. I have a goodly heritage. Ps. xvi. 6.
(c) Instruction; doctrine.
. "Their line is gone out through all the earth. Ps. xix. 4.
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 or out of line.
20. The track and roadbed of a railway; railroad.
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.
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.
23. pl. (Shipbuilding) form of a vessel as shown by the outlines of vertical, horizontal, and obique sections.
24. (Mus.) One of the straight horizontal and parallel prolonged strokes on and between which the notes are placed.
25. (Stock Exchange) A number of shares taken by a jobber.
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.
27. The wire connecting one telegraphic station with another, or the whole of a system of telegraph wires under one management and name.
28. pl. The reins with which a horse is guided by his driver. [U. S.]
29. A measure of length; one twelfth of an inch. Hard lines, hard lot. C. Kingsley.
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