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  • noun Plural form of line.
  • noun fortifications, plural Dispositions made to cover extended positions, and presenting a front in but one direction to an enemy.
  • noun shipbuilding, plural Form of a vessel as shown by the outlines of vertical, horizontal, and oblique sections.
  • noun education, plural 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.
  • noun US, plural The reins with which a horse is guided by his driver.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of line.

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