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line

2  [lahyn] verb, lined, lin⋅ing, noun
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–verb (used with object)
1. to cover the inner side or surface of: to line the coat with blue silk.
2. to serve to cover: Velvet draperies lined the walls of the room.
3. to furnish or fill: to line shelves with provisions.
4. to reinforce the back of a book with glued fabric, paper, vellum, etc.
–noun
5. a thickness of glue, as between two veneers in a sheet of plywood.
—Idiom
6. line one's pockets, to make much money, esp. in an illegal or questionable way.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME lynen, deriv. of line linen, flax, OE līn < L līnum flax
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pock⋅et

  [pok-it]
–noun
1. a shaped piece of fabric attached inside or outside a garment and forming a pouch used esp. for carrying small articles.
2. a bag or pouch.
3. means; financial resources: a selection of gifts to fit every pocket.
4. any pouchlike receptacle, compartment, hollow, or cavity.
5. an envelope, receptacle, etc., usually of heavy paper and open at one end, used for storing or preserving photographs, stamps, phonograph records, etc.: Each album has 12 pockets.
6. a recess, as in a wall, for receiving a sliding door, sash weights, etc.
7. any isolated group, area, element, etc., contrasted, as in status or condition, with a surrounding element or group: pockets of resistance; a pocket of poverty in the central city.
8. Mining.
a. a small orebody or mass of ore, frequently isolated.
b. a bin for ore or rock storage.
c. a raise or small slope fitted with chute gates.
9. Billiards, Pool. any of the pouches or bags at the corners and sides of the table.
10. a position in which a competitor in a race is so hemmed in by others that his or her progress is impeded.
11. Football. the area from which a quarterback throws a pass, usually a short distance behind the line of scrimmage and protected by a wall of blockers.
12. Bowling. the space between the headpin and the pin next behind to the left or right, taken as the target for a strike.
13. Baseball. the deepest part of a mitt or glove, roughly in the area around the center of the palm, where most balls are caught.
14. Nautical. a holder consisting of a strip of sailcloth sewed to a sail, and containing a thin wooden batten that stiffens the leech of the sail.
15. Anatomy. any saclike cavity in the body: a pus pocket.
16. stage pocket.
17. an English unit of weight for hops equivalent to 168 pounds (76.4 kg).
–adjective
18. small enough or suitable for carrying in the pocket: a pocket watch.
19. relatively small; smaller than usual: a pocket war; a pocket country.
–verb (used with object)
20. to put into one's pocket: to pocket one's keys.
21. to take possession of as one's own, often dishonestly: to pocket public funds.
22. to submit to or endure without protest or open resentment: to pocket an insult.
23. to conceal or suppress: to pocket one's pride.
24. to enclose or confine in or as if in a pocket: The town was pocketed in a small valley.
25. Billiards, Pool. to drive (a ball) into a pocket.
26. pocket-veto.
27. to hem in (a contestant) so as to impede progress, as in racing.
—Idioms
28. in one's pocket, in one's possession; under one's influence: He has the audience in his pocket.
29. line one's pockets, to profit, esp. at the expense of others: While millions were fighting and dying, the profiteers were lining their pockets.
30. out of pocket, having suffered a financial loss; poorer: He had made unwise land purchases, and found himself several thousand dollars out of pocket.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME poket < ONF (Picard) poquet (OF pochet, pochette), dim. of poque < MD poke poke 2 ; see -et

Related forms:
pock⋅et⋅less, adjective
pock⋅et⋅like, adjective

Synonyms:
21. steal, pilfer, appropriate, filch.
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Cultural Dictionary

line

A set of points that have one dimension — length — but no width or height. (See coordinates.)

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Slang Dictionary
line

  1. n.
    a story or argument; a story intended to seduce someone. (See also lines.) : Don't feed me that line. Do you think I was born yesterday?
  2. n.
    and rail. a dose of finely cut cocaine arranged in a line, ready for insufflation or snorting. : Let's you and me go do some lines, okay? , The addict usually “snorts” one or two of these “rails” with some sort of a tube.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

line  (v.)
"to cover the inner side of," c.1386, from O.E. lin "linen cloth" (see linen). Linen was frequently used in the Middle Ages as a second layer of material on the inner side of a garment.

pocket 
1210, "bag, sack," from Anglo-Fr. pokete (13c.), dim. of O.N.Fr. poque "bag," from Frank. *pokka "bag," from Gmc. *puk- (see poke (n.)). Meaning "small bag worn on the person, especially one sewn into a garment" is from c.1430. Mining sense is attested from 1850; military sense of "area held by troops surrounded by the enemy" is from 1918. The verb, with implications of dishonesty, is from 1637. Pocket-book (1617) was originally "a book-like case for papers, etc.;" meaning "a woman's purse" is from 1816. Pocket-knife is first recorded 1727; pocket-money is attested from 1632.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Financial Dictionary

line

In technical analysis, a horizontal pattern on a price chart indicating a period during which supply and demand for a security are relatively equal. Technical analysts generally look for the price to break away from the line, at which time they are likely to take a position in the direction of the movement. See also making a line.

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: line
Pronunciation: 'lIn
Function: noun
1 : something (as a ridge, seam, mark, or streak) that is distinct, elongated, and narrow—see LINEA
2 : a strain produced and maintained especially by selective breeding or biological culture
3 : a narrow short synthetic tube (as of plastic) that is inserted approximately one inch into a vein (as of the arm) to provide temporary intravenous access for the administrationof fluid, medication, or nutrients

Main Entry: pock·et
Pronunciation: 'päk-&t
Function: noun
: a small cavity or space; especially : an abnormal cavity formedin diseased tissue pocket>
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Medical Dictionary

line (līn)
n.

  1. The path traced by a moving point.

  2. A thin continuous mark, as that made by a pen, pencil, or brush applied to a surface.

  3. A crease in the skin, especially on the face; a wrinkle.

  4. In anatomy, a long narrow mark, strip, or streak distinguished from adjacent tissue by color, texture, or elevation.

  5. A real or imaginary mark positioned in relation to fixed points of reference.

  6. A border, boundary, or demarcation.

  7. A contour or an outline.

  8. A mark used to define a shape or represent a contour.

  9. Any of the marks that make up the formal design of a picture.

  10. A cable, rope, string, cord or wire.

  11. A general method, manner, or course of procedure.

  12. A manner or course of procedure determined by a specified factor.

  13. An official or prescribed policy.

  14. Ancestry or lineage.

  15. A series of persons, especially from one family, who succeed each other.

pocket pock·et (pŏk'ĭt)
n.

  1. In anatomy, a cul-de-sac or pouchlike cavity.

  2. A diseased space between the inflamed gum and the surface of a tooth.

  3. A collection of pus in a nearly closed sac.

v. pock·et·ed, pock·et·ing, pock·ets

  1. To enclose within a confined space.

  2. To approach the surface at a localized spot, as with the thinned out wall of an abscess which is about to rupture.

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Science Dictionary
line   (līn)  Pronunciation Key 
A geometric figure formed by a point moving in a fixed direction and in the reverse direction. The intersection of two planes is a line. ◇ The part of a line that lies between two points on the line is called a line segment.
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