See Also: Midfield Line or Center Line - Soccer(gambling)
Forward Line or Attacking Line - Ice Hockey(gambling)
His' line(medicine)
line-out(dictionary)
line-up(dictionary)
in-line(dictionary)
Hot line(health)
Above the Line(money)
S-BP line(medicine)
S-N line(medicine)

line(3) (iou)



line verb1 trans. LME.
[from LINE noun1, with ref. to the use of linen as a lining material. Cf. medieval Latin lineare, liniare.]
Cover the inside surface of (a garment, box, etc.) with a layer of usu. different material; cover (a garment, box, etc.) on the inside; cover with an (adhesive) inside layer. LME.
S. Bellow His coat, once lined with fox, turned dry and bald. fig.: W. Cowper And poplar that with silver lines his leaf.
b. Cookery. Cover the inside of (a dish, tin, etc.) with pastry etc. prior to baking. E19.
Evening Post (Nottingham) Line a flan dish with short crust pastry and bake blind.
Fill the cavity of (one's purse, stomach, etc.), esp. plentifully; cram, stuff. E16.
line one's pocket, line one's purse make money esp. by corrupt means.
J. G. Whittier No bridegroom's hand be mine to hold That is not lined with yellow gold.
Strengthen by placing something alongside; reinforce, fortify. L16-M18.
Shakespeare Henry V To line and new repair our towns of war.
Cover the outside of; overlay, drape, pad; Nautical add a layer of wood to. Now rare or obsolete. L16.
C. Marshall If the bed gets over cool, line it, or cover round with straw.
Serve or be used as a lining for. E18.
M. Bradbury Howard's study is lined with bookshelves.
a. Bookbinding. Glue on the back of (a book) a paper covering continuous with the lining of the back of the cover. L19.
b. Cabinet-making. Foll. by up: put a moulding round (the top of a piece of furniture). L19.