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Liner

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lin·er

1[lahy-ner]
noun
1.
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
3.
Baseball. line drive.
4.
a person or thing that traces by or marks with lines.

Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English; see line1, -er1

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lin·er

2[lahy-ner]
noun
1.
something serving as a lining.
2.
a protective covering, usually of cardboard, for a phonograph record; album; jacket.
3.
a person who fits or provides linings.

Origin:
1605–15; line2 + -er1
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liner1 (ˈlaɪnə)
 
n
1.  a passenger ship or aircraft, esp one that is part of a commercial fleet
2.  See Freightliner
3.  Also called: eye liner a cosmetic used to outline the eyes, consisting of a liquid or cake mixed with water and applied by brush or a grease pencil
4.  a person or thing that uses lines, esp in drawing or copying

liner2 (ˈlaɪnə)
 
n
1.  a material used as a lining
2.  a person who supplies or fits linings
3.  engineering a sleeve, usually of a metal that will withstand wear or corrosion, fixed inside or outside a structural component or vessel: cylinder liner

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liner
"ship belonging to a shipping line," 1838, from line (n.) on notion of a succession of ships plying between ports along regular "lines." Line in this sense first attested 1786 in ref. to stagecoaches. Meaning "cosmetic" first recorded 1926, short for eye-liner. The type of
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baseball hit was so called since 1874. Liner notes in a record album are attested from 1953.
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