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(1) (iou)



line noun1. Now chiefly dial.
[Old English lin = Old Saxon, Old High German lin (Dutch lijn-, German Lein), Old Norse lin, Gothic lein, from Germanic from or corresp. to Latin linum rel. to Greek linon.]
The fibre of the flax-plant. Now only, flax fibre of a fine and long staple, which has been separated by the hackle from the tow; occas., a similar fibre of other plants. OE.
Flax spun or woven; linen thread or cloth. OE.
The flax-plant. LME.
The seed of flax; linseed. M-L16.