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lines
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Wiktionary
linesnoun
Dispositions made to cover extended positions, and presenting a front in but one direction to an enemy.
linesnoun
Form of a vessel as shown by the outlines of vertical, horizontal, and oblique sections.
linesnoun
A school punishment in which a student must repeatedly write out a line of text related to the offence (e.g. "I must be quiet in class") a specified number of times; the lines of text so written out.
linesnoun
The reins with which a horse is guided by his driver.
Wikipedia
lines
Levamisole induced necrosis syndrome (LINES) is a complication of adulterated cocaine recognized in 2011, caused by the use of levamisole as a cutting agent for cocaine. Spontaneous bruising of the earlobes is considered characteristic of this condition, but lesions can present anywhere on the body.
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
lines
With shipwrights, are the various plans for determining the shape and form of the ship's body on the mould-loft floor. Also, a species of field-works, consisting of a series of fronts, constructed in order to cover the front and form the immediate defence of an army or the frontiers of a state.
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
lines
A series of field-works, either continuous or at intervals. The former are connected by means of curtains or straight walls. The rule in constructing the other is, that the works shall be within cannon- or musket-shot range of each other, according to their armament.
Editors Contribution
linesnoun
Plural noun of line.
The telephone company has to provide, maintain and plan future services and upgrades to its lines and network.
Submitted by MaryC on March 2, 2016
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
LINES
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Lines is ranked #9368 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Lines surname appeared 3,472 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Lines.
91.4% or 3,174 total occurrences were White.
4.4% or 155 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
1.3% or 47 total occurrences were of two or more races.
1.3% or 45 total occurrences were Asian.
1.1% or 40 total occurrences were Black.
0.3% or 11 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'lines' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #980
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'lines' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1267
Anagrams for lines »
lenis
liens
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of lines in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of lines in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of lines in a Sentence
The way women dress and look is still one of the red lines in the Islamic Republic, the brands going to Iran should be ready to face resistance from conservatives or even get shut down and expelled from Iran.
We were told that some guys came in two vehicles dressed as officials in charge of repairs and maintenance of the gas pipelines and then used dynamite to blow up the gas line belonging to a subsidiary of (state energy firm) NNPC, unfortunately one of the lines was damaged. There are other lines that were not affected.
Now there will be those both in our state and across the country who will point to our victory tonight and try to use it to argue there is no voter suppression in Georgia, let me be clear. The fact that millions of Georgians endured hours in lines – and were willing to spend hours in line – lines that wrapped around buildings and went on for blocks, lines in the cold, lines in the rain, is most certainly not a sign voter suppression does not exist.
All lines and strokes are components of dots. Even the net is a collection of dots interconnecting people from different walks of life.
Know your norms and values well enough, so people won't dare to cross your lines.
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