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liner - 7 dictionary results

lin⋅er

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

Origin:
1400–50; late ME; see line 1 , -er 1

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; line 2 + -er 1

line drive

–noun Baseball.
a batted ball that travels low, fast, and straight.
Also called liner.


Origin:
1930–35
lin·er 1   (lī'nər)   
n.  
  1. One that draws or makes lines.
  2. A large commercial ship or airplane, especially one carrying passengers on a regular route.
  3. Baseball A line drive.
lin·er 2   (lī'nər)   
n.  
  1. One that makes or puts in linings.
    1. A lining.
    2. Material used as a lining.
  2. A woman's undergarment of dress length with shoulder straps; a slip.
  3. A jacket for a phonograph record.

Liner

Lin"er\ (l[imac]n"[~e]r), n. 1. One who lines, as, a liner of shoes.

2. A vessel belonging to a regular line of packets; also, a line-of-battle ship; a ship of the line.

3. (Mach.) A thin piece placed between two parts to hold or adjust them, fill a space, etc.; a shim.

4. (Steam Engine) A lining within the cylinder, in which the piston works and between which and the outer shell of the cylinder a space is left to form a steam jacket.

5. A slab on which small pieces of marble, tile, etc., are fastened for grinding.

6. (Baseball) A ball which, when struck, flies through the air in a nearly straight line not far from the ground.
Language Translation for : liner
Spanish: transatlántico,
German: das Passagierschiff,
Japanese: 定期便

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 baseball hit was so called since 1874. Liner notes in a record album are attested from 1953.
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