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- English Word Lining Definition of Line
- English Word Lining Definition The act of one who lines; the act or process of making lines, or of inserting a lining.
- English Word Lining Definition That which covers the inner surface of anything, as of a garment or a box; also, the contents of anything.
- English Word Link Definition A torch made of tow and pitch, or the like.
- English Word Link Definition A single ring or division of a chain.
- English Word Link Definition Hence: Anything, whether material or not, which binds together, or connects, separate things; a part of a connected series; a tie; a bond.
- English Word Link Definition Anything doubled and closed like a link; as, a link of horsehair.
- English Word Link Definition Any one of the several elementary pieces of a mechanism, as the fixed frame, or a rod, wheel, mass of confined liquid, etc., by which relative motion of other parts is produced and constrained.
- English Word Link Definition Any intermediate rod or piece for transmitting force or motion, especially a short connecting rod with a bearing at each end; specifically (Steam Engine), the slotted bar, or connecting piece, to the opposite ends of which the eccentric rods are jointed, and by means of which the movement of the valve is varied, in a link motion.
- English Word Link Definition The length of one joint of Gunter's chain, being the hundredth part of it, or 7.92 inches, the chain being 66 feet in length. Cf. Chain, n., 4.
- English Word Link Definition A bond of affinity, or a unit of valence between atoms; -- applied to a unit of chemical force or attraction.
- English Word Link Definition Sausages; -- because linked together.
- English Word Link Definition To connect or unite with a link or as with a link; to join; to attach; to unite; to couple.
- English Word Link Definition To be connected.
- English Word Link motion Definition A valve gear, consisting of two eccentrics with their rods, giving motion to a slide valve by an adjustable connecting bar, called the link, in such a way that the motion of the engine can be reversed, or the cut-off varied, at will; -- used very generally in locomotives and marine engines.
- English Word Linkage Definition The act of linking; the state of being linked; also, a system of links.
- English Word Linkage Definition Manner of linking or of being linked; -- said of the union of atoms or radicals in the molecule.
- English Word Linkage Definition A system of straight lines or bars, fastened together by joints, and having certain of their points fixed in a plane. It is used to describe straight lines and curves in the plane.
- English Word Linkboy Definition Alt. of Linkman
- English Word Linked Definition of Link