A stroke or mark, long in proportion to its breadth, traced with a pen, a tool, etc. upon a surface. line of burden, line of floatation, line of war…

A straight line drawn on paper; spec. one of the lines of a stave of music. Obsolete (rare in later use).

A linear mark; a mark traced by the moving point of a pen, pencil, etc.; a component line of a written character (cf. up-stroke, n., downstroke, n.…

A line traced, cut, or marked out on the ground, as a boundary or centre line, a guide for a cutting, etc.; the line or score at which a player at…

A line which ‘leads’ in some direction. Obsolete.

defined as a line.

a line drawn with a pencil or resembling a line so drawn; frequently attributive, esp. designating a thin moustache, eyebrow, etc.

A line drawn, marked, or placed as a guide, e.g. in positioning a tool or producing a drawing; a constructed line used for guidance.

(a) the boundary of a section (now only U.S.); (b) a line drawn to indicate the manner of making a section.

In a picture or diagram: a horizontal line that appears well below the (relatively high) horizon-line (see quot. 1830). Obsolete. rare.

in cartography, ornament, etc.: = pecked line n. at pecked, adj.1 compounds; also, as a road-marking.

A wavy line drawn by a pen, pencil, etc.