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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.
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Liner
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
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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 |
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Word Origin & History
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
EXPAND baseball hit was so called since 1874. Liner notes in a record album are attested from 1953.
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