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well-lined, ppl. a. [See line v.1 1, 3.] Furnished with a good lining. Also fig.
1562W. Bullein Bulw. Def., Sick Men (1579) 6 The pacyent to haue light warme clothes, and slyppers, cleane, & well lyned. c1611Chapman Iliad xvi. 338 Well couer'd in a well-lin'd shield. 1784Cowper Task ii. 737 His cap well lin'd with logic not his own. b. spec. Of a purse: Full of money. † Of a person: Affluent. Obs.
1611Cotgr., Aisé en son mesnage, of good estate, well lined, well to liue. 1677Miege Fr.-Eng. Dict. s.v. Chaud, He wants for nothing, he is warm, or well lined. 1691[see lined ppl. a.1]. 1820[see line v.1 3]. a1832Bentham Constitut. Code Wks. 1843 IX. 102 It is the interest of all highwaymen, not only that travellers should be numerous, but that their purses should be well-lined. 1831James Phil. Augustus xxxvii, A well-lined pouch of chamois leather. |