lines (Noun) A schoolpunishment 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.
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.
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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.
Part of speech
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lines, verb, present, 3rd person singular of line (infinitive).
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