Liner
['laɪnə] or ['laɪnɚ]
Definition
(noun.) (baseball) a hit that flies straight out from the batter; 'the batter hit a liner to the shortstop'.
(noun.) a large commercial ship (especially one that carries passengers on a regular schedule).
(noun.) a piece of cloth that is used as the inside surface of a garment.
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Definition
(n.) One who lines, as, a liner of shoes.
(n.) A vessel belonging to a regular line of packets; also, a line-of-battle ship; a ship of the line.
(n.) A thin piece placed between two parts to hold or adjust them, fill a space, etc.; a shim.
(n.) 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.
(n.) A slab on which small pieces of marble, tile, etc., are fastened for grinding.
(n.) A ball which, when struck, flies through the air in a nearly straight line not far from the ground.
Typist: Penelope
Examples
- In May, 1915, they sank the great passenger liner, the _Lusitania_, without any warning, drowning a number of American citizens. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- An average size ocean liner pays about $5,000 for the privilege of sailing through this great ditch. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- This is inclosed by the tube, which is also in one piece, surrounding the liner throughout its length. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Before the nineteenth century there were no ships in the world much over 2,000 tons burthen; now there is nothing wonderful about a 50,000-ton liner. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- She tried to imagine her wood-god by her side in the saloon of an ocean liner. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- The parts of such a gun are known as the liner, the tube, the jacket and the hoops. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The liner and tube are then placed upright in an assembling pit, the jacket and hoops shrunk on, and the finishing work done, as above said, the breech mechanism being finally fitted. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The liner is a single piece which extends the length of the bore and is intended to contain the rifling and the powder chamber. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- To-day every ocean liner is equipped with its own cold storage and ice-making plant, refrigerator cars transport vast cargoes of meats, fish, etc. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The installation of turbines on ocean liners has been accompanied by great increase in speed, and by an almost corresponding decrease in the cost of maintenance. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
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