linern.¹

Brit.

/ˈlʌɪnə/, U.S.

/ˈlaɪnər/

Etymology: < line v.¹

1. One who lines or fits a lining to anything.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > [noun] > carrying out specific processes > lining > one who

liner1611

the world > space > relative position > condition of being internal > [noun] > lining > provision with > one who

liner1611

1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Foderáro,..a liner.

?1881 Census Eng. & Wales: Instr. Clerks classifying Occupations & Ages (?1885) 78 Furrier, Working... Liner.

?1881 Census Eng. & Wales: Instr. Clerks classifying Occupations & Ages (?1885) 74 Straw Hat and Bonnet Making:..Liner.

1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 7 Sept. 7/2 William Glover, a bucket liner, was thrown forward and struck among the girders.

1903 N.E.D. at Liner Mod. Advt., Mantle finishers and liners wanted.

2. Mechanics. Something which serves as a lining.

a. An inside cylinder, or a vessel placed inside another.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > other specific types of equipment > [noun] > washer or liner

washer1346

gasket1828

babbitting1851

bush1865

hat leather1869

liner1886

space washer1934

O-ring1954

1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 1 Sept. 2/1 The gun has a thin liner put in from the breech, extending over the powder-chamber..it is advisable to have thin liners, which can be easily taken out.

1887 D. A. Low Introd. Machine Drawing (1892) 58 A is the cast-iron casing or barrel of the pump; B is a brass liner fitting tightly into the former at its ends.

1894 Times 28 Feb. 6/6 The trial had to be abandoned owing to the heating of the eccentric strap of the port low-pressure engine and the destruction of the brass liner.

b. A thin slip of metal, etc. placed between two parts to adjust them; a shim.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > other specific types of equipment > [noun] > washer or liner > metal slip adjusting plates

shim1860

liner1869

1869 E. J. Reed Shipbuilding x. 181 On account of the edge-strips being worked inside the plates, liners had to be fitted at each frame.

1874 S. J. P. Thearle Naval Archit. (new ed.) I. 114 Wide liners are fitted between the bulkhead frames and bottom plating.

1881 W. W. Greener Gun & its Devel. 237 The barrels are bored up within three inches of the muzzle with a fine-boring bit, using a spill and liners.

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c. A slab on which pieces of marble, etc. are fastened for grinding or polishing (E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. 1875).

3. The lining of a garment, esp. one made of an artificial fibre. So liner suit (see quot. 1969).

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > lining

lining1401

interline?1577

underlining1580

body lining1676

buggy1890

liner1947

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > underwear > [noun] > other

frilly1900

opera top1921

liner suit1969

1947 Horizon Sept. 203 They took off their helmet liners.

1962 F. I. Ordway et al. Basic Astronautics xiii. 517 The inner liner of the suit is of neoprene-coated fabric... The outer liner is an aluminized coverall.

1969 Guardian 7 Jan. 7/2 There is an undergarment called a liner suit which makes PVCs more comfortable to wear. It is a two-piece affair made from knitted nylon with the inside of cosy brushed cotton.

1970 Washington Post 30 Sept. B5/3 (advt.) Zip-in-or-out orlon liner.

1971 C. Bonington Annapurna South Face 241 4-oz. Dunloprufe nylon with open-cell foam liner.

1971 C. Bonington Annapurna South Face 242 1 pair overmits [made of] proofed nylon with Borg fur liner.

4. In full, liner note. (See quot. 1953.) originally U.S.

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society > communication > record > recording or reproducing sound or visual material > sound recording and reproduction > a sound recording > [noun] > record or disc > text accompanying

liner note1953

sleeve-note1956

sleeve information1966

1953 Britannica Bk. of Year 638/1 Liner, the text accompanying an album of gramophone records.

1955 Sat. Rev. (U.S.) Jan. 41 The covers of these new jazz albums..are being covered..with thousands and thousands of words known as ‘liner notes’.

1960 D. Cerulli et al. Jazz Word (1962) 106 They couldn't come up with any less information than on some liners today.

1968 Jazz Monthly Feb. 21/2 The enthusiastic sleeve-notes by Brian Rust suggests that he may be on the downward path towards acceptance of those degenerate swing bands whom he has damned in nearly all his liner writing!

1969 Rolling Stone 17 May 17/3 As Coleman observes in the liner notes, ‘Ornette Denardo is hard to keep up with if you don't tell him what to do.’

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d. Packaging.

(a) Any paper or board intended as the outer surface of a composite board, esp. corrugated cardboard. See also linerboard n. originally U.S.

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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > material for making paper > paper > [noun] > other types of paper

India paper1721

whitey-brown1761

hot press1807

splash-paper1811

India proof1812

India paper proof1814

crinkled paper1820

pattern paper1849

powder paper1856

sheathing1859

chartaline1880

lining paper1880

Whatman1880

greaseproof paper1894

papyroxylin1894

shelf paper1895

corrugated paper1897

construction paper1902

Ingres paper1910

liner1921

cartolina1936

wood-free1966

1921 Paper 5 Jan. 12/3 You are experiencing trouble trying to water-proof container liner with a furnish of kraft pulp.

1940 J. Leeming Mod. Export Packing 87 The different strengths of the liners or facing sheets used in corrugated fiberboard.

1951 W. H. De Montmorency in J. N. Stephenson Pulp & Paper Manuf. II. 103 Two liners are separated by the corrugated medium and held to it by an adhesive applied at the points of contact.

1960 W. F. Friedman & J. J. Kipnees Industr. Packaging ii. 71 Facings or liners as they are more commonly called, are relatively heavy, coarse paperboard usually of kraft or jute material.

1983 F. A. Paine & H. Y. Paine Handbk. Food Packaging v. 147 Different grades and types of board can be produced by varying the materials, the thickness and weight of the liners and the fluting medium.

1990 S. Sonsino Packaging Design iii. 107/1 The multi-ply boards known as duplex boards are made from wood pulp surfaced with a bleached kraft liner.

(b) An inner container, of impermeable material, separating a container from its contents.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > container or package for goods > [noun] > inner or outer

outer1920

liner1921

1921 C. C. Martin Export Packing xx. 552 The shoes..are packed in a waterproof liner made of two layers of heavy paper with a thin coating of waterproof substance between the layers.

1948 Packaging & Display Encycl. 119 All screw closures require liners to form a leak-resistant seal between the..closure and the..glass.

1950 Packaging & Display Encycl. (ed. 2) 382/1 (caption) A case returned by the War Office..after nine months on the Normandy Beaches. The contents were found to be in perfect condition due to the use of the war-type double impermeable case liner.

1974 Encycl. Brit. Macropædia XIII. 856/1 More than half the polythene is used in film form and much is converted into shrink film, liners, sacks, and bags.

1981 in W. Stern Handbk. Package Design Res. xxxi. 337/2 A system design that would automatically form a lightweight thermoformable plastic barrier liner inside a folding carton.

e. Any removable lining, esp. one designed to protect a container from its contents or to allow their easy removal. Usually with function explained or implied by the context: cf. bin-liner n. at bin n. Compounds, nappy liner n. at nappy n.³ Compounds 2.

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the world > space > relative position > condition of being internal > [noun] > lining

underlining1580

shirt1640

lining1713

inlayer1868

liner1959

1959 Sears, Roebuck Catal. Spring–Summer 409/3 Diaper liners... Disposable paper liner... Protects diapers and reduces laundry problems.

1966 Amer. City June 100/2 Each resident received three plastic liners and wire twists.

1966 Amer. City June 100/2 The instructions told them how to place the liners in their cans, how to gather them at the top when full..and how to remove secured liners..and carry them to the street on collection day.

1974 P. De Vries Glory of Hummingbird (1975) iii. 36 A garbage bag, one of those polyethylene liners for refuse cans.

1977 P. Leach Baby & Child ii. 85/1 A liner is only effective if you put it next to the baby's skin.

1984 Gainesville (Florida) Sun 27 Mar. 7 a/4 (advt.) Kotex Lightday pantyliners.

1988 Washington Post 21 Feb. 10/2 A manufacturer will insert the liners with the patented wetness indicators into a production run of otherwise normal disposable diapers.

1990 M. Dibdin Vendetta (1991) 209 There was the washbasin, the rack for glasses below the mirror and the dud bulb above, the metal rubbish bin with its plastic liner, the barred window lying open into the room.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

linern.²

Brit.

/ˈlʌɪnə/, U.S.

/ˈlaɪnər/

Forms: Also Middle English lynnor, Middle English, 1600s lyner, 1500s lynar.

Etymology: < line n.² or line v.²

I. Of persons.

1. Scottish. An official whose duty is the tracing of the boundaries of properties in burghs.

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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > boundary > [noun] > determination of boundary > beating bounds > one who beats or determines

liner14..

bounder1570

bounderer1610

marcher1635

meresman1828

demarcator1898

bound-beater1909

14.. Burgh Laws cv. (Sc. Stat. I) Þe saidis lyneris sall suer þat þai sall leilly lyne in lenth as braidnes baith foir part and back part of þe land according to þe richt and auld merchis withyn þe burgh.

1461 Extracts Rec. in W. Chambers Charters Burgh Peebles (1872) 139 Thir ar the lynnoris to serf the burgh of Pebillis: + Wylyem Bulle, Rychart Cant [etc.].

1541 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1844) I. 453 It was fundyn and determynit be the lynaris anence the debatis betuex Iohne Henrisone Culane..and Iohn Nachty, twcheing thair landis liand in the Gastraw [etc.].

1894 K. Hewat Little Sc. World i. 20 The Liner has still important duties to perform in tracing the boundaries of properties.

2. One whose business it is to paint lines on the wheels, etc. of carriages. Also liner-out.

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the world > matter > colour > colouring > painting > [noun] > painter

painter1240

painter-stainer1502

liner1819

1819 Post Office London Directory 299 Salmon, Thos., Springer and Liner, King-street, Clerkenwell.

1884 Birmingham Daily Post 28 July 3/3 Carriage-painters.—Wanted, two good Liners~out and Varnishers.

3. A writer of miscellaneous items for the newspapers, which are paid for at so much per line. (Cf. penny-a-liner n.)

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society > communication > journalism > journalist > [noun] > penny-a-liner

creeper1824

penny-a-liner1832

liner1861

1861 E. D. Cook Paul Foster's Daughter II. xix. 87 Because now and then a liner is found in the gutter, it doesn't do to cry shame on every man that wields a pen.

1865 Reader 20 May 567/1 The account in the New York World of the pursuit and capture of Booth is by a prince amongst liners.

4. One who ‘lines’ a tree. (Cf. quot. 1890 at line v.² 2.)

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1880 Lumberman's Gaz. Jan. 28 The scorers and liner fell the trees and roughly trim the two opposite sides.

5. = linesman n. 1.

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society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by type of service > [noun] > permanent or regular

bonagh1600

regular1747

reg'lar1777

linesman1856

liner1870

1870 Daily News 27 Sept. Such troops are less likely to commit excesses in a conquered town than regular liners.

II. Of things.

†6. (See quot.) Obsolete.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > other specific types of equipment > [noun] > other tools and equipment

pollhache1324

poleaxe1356

muckrake1366

pestlea1382

botea1450

staff1459

press-board1558

reel1593

water crane1658

lathekin1659

tower1662

dressing hook1683

liner1683

hovel1686

flax-brake1688

nipper1688

horse1728

tap1797

feather-stick1824

bow1839

safety belt1840

economizer1841

throttle damper1849

cleat1854

leg brace1857

bark-peeler1862

pugging screw1862

nail driver1863

spool1864

turntable1865

ovate1872

tension bar1879

icebreaker1881

spreader1881

toucher1881

window pole1888

mushroom head1890

rat1894

slackline1896

auger1897

latch hook1900

thimble1901

horse1904

pipe jack1909

mulcher1910

hand plate1911

splashguard1917

cheese-cutter1927

airbrasive1945

impactor1945

fogger1946

1683 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. 93 The Liner is..a thin Plate of Iron or Brass..that being applied to the Face of a Punch, or other piece of Work, it may shew whether it be straight or no.

1683 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. 145 He examins by applying the Lyner to that side of the Body, and holding it so up between his Eye and the Light, tries whether or not [t]he Lyner ride upon the part that was extuberant.

a. (See quot. 1886.)

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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > equipment for painting or drawing > [noun] > brush > types of

pencila1350

calaber pencil1583

washing-brush1585

softener1756

hair-pencil1763

camel('s) hair pencil1771

pound brush1780

dabberc1790

varnishing brush1825

writer1825

red sable1859

sweetener1859

varnish brush1859

fitch1873

sable-brush1873

wash-brush1873

Poona brush1875

hake1882

rigger1883

airbrush1884

liner1886

sable1891

stippler1891

aerograph1898

mop brush1904

filbert brush1950

1886 Mrs. Sharp-Ayres Mirror Painting Introd. 4 Take a very fine brush, called a liner, dip it in the colour, and go over the traced outline of the water lily.

b. A cosmetic used for tinting a part of the face; a brush or pencil for applying this; spec. = eyeliner n. Compounds.

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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the face > [noun] > cosmetics for the face > for the eyes > liner

eye pencil1878

liner1926

eyeliner1929

1926 M. Smith Bk. Play Production xi. 182 Liners are smaller sticks of grease paints..used to make lines on the face, such as wrinkles, ‘eyebrows’, etc.

1958 J. Osborne & A. Creighton Epit. for George Dillon ii. 44 I always touch mine up with a brown liner... The rings under my eyes.

1966 Harper's Bazaar Sept. 70/1 Wrapping up lid, indeed eye, in a cocoon of pale grey shadow and liner.

1972 Daily Tel. 24 Jan. 11/1 A narrower streak of colour on the lid by the lashes, in place of liner.

a. A vessel (now usually a steam-ship) belonging to a ‘line’ of packets (see line n.² 22).

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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > [noun] > vessel belonging to specific line

liner1838

boat1841

1838 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker 2nd Ser. v All they got to do is, to up Hudson like a shot..and home in a liner, and write a book.

1851 C. Kingsley Yeast v. 96 The railroad, Cunard's liners and the electric telegraph.

1885 Manch. Examiner 21 May 4/7 If the bar was silted up 3 ft. it absolutely prohibited large Atlantic liners from entering Liverpool.

1897 R. Kipling Captains Courageous 1 The big liner rolled and lifted, whistling to warn the fishing fleet.

b. A line-of-battle ship.

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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > war vessel > [noun] > battleship

line-of-battle ship1695

battleship1794

liner1829

dreadnought1906

battle-wagon1926

1829 W. N. Glascock Sailors & Saints I. ii. 25 We liners, you know, are not in the habit of leading small craft to their anchorage.

1855 Chambers's Jrnl. 2 270/2 Not an hour was lost in expediting the fitting out of our liner, for war was raging.

1858 in P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products

1859 G. A. Lawrence Sword & Gown xvii. 228 A huge ‘liner’, with English colours at the main...close on the enemy's quarter.

1861 Sat. Rev. 14 Dec. 602 There was..a fleet in commission of three liners and three or four frigates.

1863 T. Woolner My Beautiful Lady 147 The huge liners of the hostile fleet.

1864 Times 17 Oct. Wooden liners had become universally acknowledged as useless to compete with ironclad frigates.

c. One of the aircraft of a regular line, esp. one for passenger transport; an air-liner; a space-ship.

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society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > spacecraft > [noun]

astronaut1880

spaceship1880

liner1905

space flyer1911

rocket ship1925

space vehicle1928

spacecraft1929

ship1930

spacer1942

society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > [noun] > aircraft for goods or passengers

liner1905

tramp1905

airliner1908

taxi1909

taxi plane1909

air ferry1916

air freighter1919

passenger plane1919

air taxi1920

freighter1920

flying boxcar1932

ferry1939

shuttle plane1944

day coach1945

feeder liner1946

charter1959

night coach1959

1905 R. Kipling Actions & Reactions (1909) 125 A Planet liner, east bound, heaves up in a superb spiral and takes the air of us humming.

1919 H. Golding Wonder Bk. Aircraft 69 (caption) Off! The pilot of the ‘liner’ is just giving orders to remove the blocks from the wheels of the under-carriage.

1933 Boys' Mag. 47 24/1 Mile after mile of seemingly endless country unfurled itself beneath the flying wings of the giant liner.

1951 A. C. Clarke Sands of Mars iii. 24 The observation gallery..completely circled the liner.

1959 Times Lit. Suppl. 17 Apr. 230/3 These well-known liners were conceived with the future needs of the air lines in view.

1969 New Scientist 2 Oct. 20/2 The Boeing liner will have rather more than twice the capacity of the Concorde.

d. One of a fleet of lorries.

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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > motor lorry, truck, or van > [noun] > truck or lorry > one of a fleet of

liner1955

1955 Times 29 June 13/3 The commission have offered the trunk service vehicles, which provide regular daily services between certain towns..‘liner’ services, compared with ‘tramps’,..in relatively large lots together with their respective terminal depôts.

9. A boat engaged in sea-fishing with lines.

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1901 Scotsman 4 Mar. 6/2 The want of herring bait is handicapping the steam liners who are working the cod and ling fishing.

10. Sport. (? U.S.)

a. Baseball. A ball which, when struck, flies through the air in a nearly straight line not far from the ground.

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1874 H. Chadwick Base Ball Man. 55 A ‘line ball’ or ‘liner’ is a ball sent swiftly from the bat to the field almost on a horizontal line.

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b. A ball, marble, or other object that rests on a traced line ( Cent. Dict.).

11. colloquial. A picture hung ‘on the line’ at an exhibition (see line n.² 11c).

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1887 W. P. Frith Autobiogr. I. x. 114 The work..in due time made its appearance in Trafalgar Square, where it was amongst the fortunate ‘liners’.

12. ‘A threshed sheaf of corn’ ( W. Cornwall Gloss. 1880).

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1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall ii. f. 110^v As the threshing lout, Rusheth his Lyners out, So Lyner on his course rusheth.

Compounds

liner train n. a fast through-running freight train made up of detachable containers on permanently coupled wagons.

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society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > train > goods train > types of

way freight1867

tank-train1901

red ball1906

manifest1912

liner train1962

unit train1962

freightliner1965

1962 Guardian 30 Oct. 3/2 ‘Custom built’ services..so that customers can..‘buy space’ on fixed formation trains—‘liner trains’—whose wagons can..bear their name and line of business.

1963 Reshaping of Brit. Railways (Brit. Railways Board) 142 The description ‘Liner Train’ is applied to a conception of transport based upon joint use of road and rail for door-to-door transport of containerised merchandise, with special purpose, through-running, scheduled trains providing the trunk haul... The Liner Train..is a train of chassis which will remain continuously coupled... The speed will be a maximum of 75 and an average of 50 miles an hour.

1964 Observer 28 June 8/5 If Dr. Beeching's figures are accepted at their face value, the cost of carrying goods by liner trains will be so much less than by heavy lorries..that he should be able to undercut the roads by a comfortable margin.

1970 Daily Mail 16 Feb. 1/6 The plant sends rear axles and brake drums by liner trains to other Ford factories.

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A ferret attached to a line, used in rabbiting.

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the world > food and drink > hunting > hunting specific animals > [noun] > rabbits > with ferrets

ferreting1575

liner1902

1902 A. Niblett in W. Carnegie et al. Ferrets & Ferreting (ed. 3) vi. 46 One of your ferrets should always be a good liner, and a good line ferret possesses qualifications which are actually detrimental in the others.

1946 W. Thomas Rabbit Shooting to Ferrets iii. 19 Let us assume that you have purchased a strong, steady hob as liner and a couple of carefully selected jills in whelp.

1966 Punch 13 July 82/2 This ‘liner’ disappeared into the same hole, spaced knots on the string recording his descent.

1979 Shooting Times & Country Mag. 10–16 May 19/3 A good liner will home in on a rabbit and either bolt it or kill it.

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Originally: an advertisement occupying a line of print. Hence more generally, with preceding numeral: something occupying a specified number of lines (of print, etc.). See also one-liner n. (a) at one adj., n., and pron. Compounds 4.

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society > communication > information > publishing or spreading abroad > advertising > [noun] > an advertisement

ad1799

advt.1801

advert1814

liner1901

advertorial1914

message1925

advertique1968

infomercial1981

society > communication > printing > printed matter > arrangement or appearance of printed matter > [noun] > space available for or occupied by print > occupying specified number of lines

liner1901

1901 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 24 Oct. 5/2 A valuable fur collar, which was advertised in yesterday's Colonist, was restored to its owner before noon, thus showing the prompt returns received from the use of Colonist ‘liners’.

1904 ‘M. Twain’ in Harper's Weekly 2 Jan. 18/1 There were headings—one-liners and two-liners.

1974 P. De Vries Glory of Hummingbird (1975) v. 65 Those two-liners in down-home newspapers.

1983 Austral. Personal Computer Oct. 114/1 This short two liner lists a cassette file to the screen on an Atari.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	liner
释义	linern.¹ Brit. /ˈlʌɪnə/, U.S. /ˈlaɪnər/ Etymology: < line v.¹ 1. One who lines or fits a lining to anything. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > [noun] > carrying out specific processes > lining > one who liner1611 the world > space > relative position > condition of being internal > [noun] > lining > provision with > one who liner1611 1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Foderáro,..a liner. ?1881 Census Eng. & Wales: Instr. Clerks classifying Occupations & Ages (?1885) 78 Furrier, Working... Liner. ?1881 Census Eng. & Wales: Instr. Clerks classifying Occupations & Ages (?1885) 74 Straw Hat and Bonnet Making:..Liner. 1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 7 Sept. 7/2 William Glover, a bucket liner, was thrown forward and struck among the girders. 1903 N.E.D. at Liner Mod. Advt., Mantle finishers and liners wanted. 2. Mechanics. Something which serves as a lining. a. An inside cylinder, or a vessel placed inside another. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > other specific types of equipment > [noun] > washer or liner washer1346 gasket1828 babbitting1851 bush1865 hat leather1869 liner1886 space washer1934 O-ring1954 1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 1 Sept. 2/1 The gun has a thin liner put in from the breech, extending over the powder-chamber..it is advisable to have thin liners, which can be easily taken out. 1887 D. A. Low Introd. Machine Drawing (1892) 58 A is the cast-iron casing or barrel of the pump; B is a brass liner fitting tightly into the former at its ends. 1894 Times 28 Feb. 6/6 The trial had to be abandoned owing to the heating of the eccentric strap of the port low-pressure engine and the destruction of the brass liner. b. A thin slip of metal, etc. placed between two parts to adjust them; a shim. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > other specific types of equipment > [noun] > washer or liner > metal slip adjusting plates shim1860 liner1869 1869 E. J. Reed Shipbuilding x. 181 On account of the edge-strips being worked inside the plates, liners had to be fitted at each frame. 1874 S. J. P. Thearle Naval Archit. (new ed.) I. 114 Wide liners are fitted between the bulkhead frames and bottom plating. 1881 W. W. Greener Gun & its Devel. 237 The barrels are bored up within three inches of the muzzle with a fine-boring bit, using a spill and liners. Categories » c. A slab on which pieces of marble, etc. are fastened for grinding or polishing (E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. 1875). 3. The lining of a garment, esp. one made of an artificial fibre. So liner suit (see quot. 1969). ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > lining lining1401 interline?1577 underlining1580 body lining1676 buggy1890 liner1947 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > underwear > [noun] > other frilly1900 opera top1921 liner suit1969 1947 Horizon Sept. 203 They took off their helmet liners. 1962 F. I. Ordway et al. Basic Astronautics xiii. 517 The inner liner of the suit is of neoprene-coated fabric... The outer liner is an aluminized coverall. 1969 Guardian 7 Jan. 7/2 There is an undergarment called a liner suit which makes PVCs more comfortable to wear. It is a two-piece affair made from knitted nylon with the inside of cosy brushed cotton. 1970 Washington Post 30 Sept. B5/3 (advt.) Zip-in-or-out orlon liner. 1971 C. Bonington Annapurna South Face 241 4-oz. Dunloprufe nylon with open-cell foam liner. 1971 C. Bonington Annapurna South Face 242 1 pair overmits [made of] proofed nylon with Borg fur liner. 4. In full, liner note. (See quot. 1953.) originally U.S. ΘΚΠ society > communication > record > recording or reproducing sound or visual material > sound recording and reproduction > a sound recording > [noun] > record or disc > text accompanying liner note1953 sleeve-note1956 sleeve information1966 1953 Britannica Bk. of Year 638/1 Liner, the text accompanying an album of gramophone records. 1955 Sat. Rev. (U.S.) Jan. 41 The covers of these new jazz albums..are being covered..with thousands and thousands of words known as ‘liner notes’. 1960 D. Cerulli et al. Jazz Word (1962) 106 They couldn't come up with any less information than on some liners today. 1968 Jazz Monthly Feb. 21/2 The enthusiastic sleeve-notes by Brian Rust suggests that he may be on the downward path towards acceptance of those degenerate swing bands whom he has damned in nearly all his liner writing! 1969 Rolling Stone 17 May 17/3 As Coleman observes in the liner notes, ‘Ornette Denardo is hard to keep up with if you don't tell him what to do.’ Draft additions 1997 d. Packaging. (a) Any paper or board intended as the outer surface of a composite board, esp. corrugated cardboard. See also linerboard n. originally U.S. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > material for making paper > paper > [noun] > other types of paper India paper1721 whitey-brown1761 hot press1807 splash-paper1811 India proof1812 India paper proof1814 crinkled paper1820 pattern paper1849 powder paper1856 sheathing1859 chartaline1880 lining paper1880 Whatman1880 greaseproof paper1894 papyroxylin1894 shelf paper1895 corrugated paper1897 construction paper1902 Ingres paper1910 liner1921 cartolina1936 wood-free1966 1921 Paper 5 Jan. 12/3 You are experiencing trouble trying to water-proof container liner with a furnish of kraft pulp. 1940 J. Leeming Mod. Export Packing 87 The different strengths of the liners or facing sheets used in corrugated fiberboard. 1951 W. H. De Montmorency in J. N. Stephenson Pulp & Paper Manuf. II. 103 Two liners are separated by the corrugated medium and held to it by an adhesive applied at the points of contact. 1960 W. F. Friedman & J. J. Kipnees Industr. Packaging ii. 71 Facings or liners as they are more commonly called, are relatively heavy, coarse paperboard usually of kraft or jute material. 1983 F. A. Paine & H. Y. Paine Handbk. Food Packaging v. 147 Different grades and types of board can be produced by varying the materials, the thickness and weight of the liners and the fluting medium. 1990 S. Sonsino Packaging Design iii. 107/1 The multi-ply boards known as duplex boards are made from wood pulp surfaced with a bleached kraft liner. (b) An inner container, of impermeable material, separating a container from its contents. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > container or package for goods > [noun] > inner or outer outer1920 liner1921 1921 C. C. Martin Export Packing xx. 552 The shoes..are packed in a waterproof liner made of two layers of heavy paper with a thin coating of waterproof substance between the layers. 1948 Packaging & Display Encycl. 119 All screw closures require liners to form a leak-resistant seal between the..closure and the..glass. 1950 Packaging & Display Encycl. (ed. 2) 382/1 (caption) A case returned by the War Office..after nine months on the Normandy Beaches. The contents were found to be in perfect condition due to the use of the war-type double impermeable case liner. 1974 Encycl. Brit. Macropædia XIII. 856/1 More than half the polythene is used in film form and much is converted into shrink film, liners, sacks, and bags. 1981 in W. Stern Handbk. Package Design Res. xxxi. 337/2 A system design that would automatically form a lightweight thermoformable plastic barrier liner inside a folding carton. e. Any removable lining, esp. one designed to protect a container from its contents or to allow their easy removal. Usually with function explained or implied by the context: cf. bin-liner n. at bin n. Compounds, nappy liner n. at nappy n.³ Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being internal > [noun] > lining underlining1580 shirt1640 lining1713 inlayer1868 liner1959 1959 Sears, Roebuck Catal. Spring–Summer 409/3 Diaper liners... Disposable paper liner... Protects diapers and reduces laundry problems. 1966 Amer. City June 100/2 Each resident received three plastic liners and wire twists. 1966 Amer. City June 100/2 The instructions told them how to place the liners in their cans, how to gather them at the top when full..and how to remove secured liners..and carry them to the street on collection day. 1974 P. De Vries Glory of Hummingbird (1975) iii. 36 A garbage bag, one of those polyethylene liners for refuse cans. 1977 P. Leach Baby & Child ii. 85/1 A liner is only effective if you put it next to the baby's skin. 1984 Gainesville (Florida) Sun 27 Mar. 7 a/4 (advt.) Kotex Lightday pantyliners. 1988 Washington Post 21 Feb. 10/2 A manufacturer will insert the liners with the patented wetness indicators into a production run of otherwise normal disposable diapers. 1990 M. Dibdin Vendetta (1991) 209 There was the washbasin, the rack for glasses below the mirror and the dud bulb above, the metal rubbish bin with its plastic liner, the barred window lying open into the room. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022). linern.² Brit. /ˈlʌɪnə/, U.S. /ˈlaɪnər/ Forms: Also Middle English lynnor, Middle English, 1600s lyner, 1500s lynar. Etymology: < line n.² or line v.² I. Of persons. 1. Scottish. An official whose duty is the tracing of the boundaries of properties in burghs. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > boundary > [noun] > determination of boundary > beating bounds > one who beats or determines liner14.. bounder1570 bounderer1610 marcher1635 meresman1828 demarcator1898 bound-beater1909 14.. Burgh Laws cv. (Sc. Stat. I) Þe saidis lyneris sall suer þat þai sall leilly lyne in lenth as braidnes baith foir part and back part of þe land according to þe richt and auld merchis withyn þe burgh. 1461 Extracts Rec. in W. Chambers Charters Burgh Peebles (1872) 139 Thir ar the lynnoris to serf the burgh of Pebillis: + Wylyem Bulle, Rychart Cant [etc.]. 1541 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1844) I. 453 It was fundyn and determynit be the lynaris anence the debatis betuex Iohne Henrisone Culane..and Iohn Nachty, twcheing thair landis liand in the Gastraw [etc.]. 1894 K. Hewat Little Sc. World i. 20 The Liner has still important duties to perform in tracing the boundaries of properties. 2. One whose business it is to paint lines on the wheels, etc. of carriages. Also liner-out. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > colouring > painting > [noun] > painter painter1240 painter-stainer1502 liner1819 1819 Post Office London Directory 299 Salmon, Thos., Springer and Liner, King-street, Clerkenwell. 1884 Birmingham Daily Post 28 July 3/3 Carriage-painters.—Wanted, two good Liners~out and Varnishers. 3. A writer of miscellaneous items for the newspapers, which are paid for at so much per line. (Cf. penny-a-liner n.) ΘΚΠ society > communication > journalism > journalist > [noun] > penny-a-liner creeper1824 penny-a-liner1832 liner1861 1861 E. D. Cook Paul Foster's Daughter II. xix. 87 Because now and then a liner is found in the gutter, it doesn't do to cry shame on every man that wields a pen. 1865 Reader 20 May 567/1 The account in the New York World of the pursuit and capture of Booth is by a prince amongst liners. 4. One who ‘lines’ a tree. (Cf. quot. 1890 at line v.² 2.) ΚΠ 1880 Lumberman's Gaz. Jan. 28 The scorers and liner fell the trees and roughly trim the two opposite sides. 5. = linesman n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by type of service > [noun] > permanent or regular bonagh1600 regular1747 reg'lar1777 linesman1856 liner1870 1870 Daily News 27 Sept. Such troops are less likely to commit excesses in a conquered town than regular liners. II. Of things. †6. (See quot.) Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > other specific types of equipment > [noun] > other tools and equipment pollhache1324 poleaxe1356 muckrake1366 pestlea1382 botea1450 staff1459 press-board1558 reel1593 water crane1658 lathekin1659 tower1662 dressing hook1683 liner1683 hovel1686 flax-brake1688 nipper1688 horse1728 tap1797 feather-stick1824 bow1839 safety belt1840 economizer1841 throttle damper1849 cleat1854 leg brace1857 bark-peeler1862 pugging screw1862 nail driver1863 spool1864 turntable1865 ovate1872 tension bar1879 icebreaker1881 spreader1881 toucher1881 window pole1888 mushroom head1890 rat1894 slackline1896 auger1897 latch hook1900 thimble1901 horse1904 pipe jack1909 mulcher1910 hand plate1911 splashguard1917 cheese-cutter1927 airbrasive1945 impactor1945 fogger1946 1683 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. 93 The Liner is..a thin Plate of Iron or Brass..that being applied to the Face of a Punch, or other piece of Work, it may shew whether it be straight or no. 1683 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. 145 He examins by applying the Lyner to that side of the Body, and holding it so up between his Eye and the Light, tries whether or not [t]he Lyner ride upon the part that was extuberant. 7. a. (See quot. 1886.) ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > equipment for painting or drawing > [noun] > brush > types of pencila1350 calaber pencil1583 washing-brush1585 softener1756 hair-pencil1763 camel('s) hair pencil1771 pound brush1780 dabberc1790 varnishing brush1825 writer1825 red sable1859 sweetener1859 varnish brush1859 fitch1873 sable-brush1873 wash-brush1873 Poona brush1875 hake1882 rigger1883 airbrush1884 liner1886 sable1891 stippler1891 aerograph1898 mop brush1904 filbert brush1950 1886 Mrs. Sharp-Ayres Mirror Painting Introd. 4 Take a very fine brush, called a liner, dip it in the colour, and go over the traced outline of the water lily. b. A cosmetic used for tinting a part of the face; a brush or pencil for applying this; spec. = eyeliner n. Compounds. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the face > [noun] > cosmetics for the face > for the eyes > liner eye pencil1878 liner1926 eyeliner1929 1926 M. Smith Bk. Play Production xi. 182 Liners are smaller sticks of grease paints..used to make lines on the face, such as wrinkles, ‘eyebrows’, etc. 1958 J. Osborne & A. Creighton Epit. for George Dillon ii. 44 I always touch mine up with a brown liner... The rings under my eyes. 1966 Harper's Bazaar Sept. 70/1 Wrapping up lid, indeed eye, in a cocoon of pale grey shadow and liner. 1972 Daily Tel. 24 Jan. 11/1 A narrower streak of colour on the lid by the lashes, in place of liner. 8. a. A vessel (now usually a steam-ship) belonging to a ‘line’ of packets (see line n.² 22). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > [noun] > vessel belonging to specific line liner1838 boat1841 1838 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker 2nd Ser. v All they got to do is, to up Hudson like a shot..and home in a liner, and write a book. 1851 C. Kingsley Yeast v. 96 The railroad, Cunard's liners and the electric telegraph. 1885 Manch. Examiner 21 May 4/7 If the bar was silted up 3 ft. it absolutely prohibited large Atlantic liners from entering Liverpool. 1897 R. Kipling Captains Courageous 1 The big liner rolled and lifted, whistling to warn the fishing fleet. b. A line-of-battle ship. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > war vessel > [noun] > battleship line-of-battle ship1695 battleship1794 liner1829 dreadnought1906 battle-wagon1926 1829 W. N. Glascock Sailors & Saints I. ii. 25 We liners, you know, are not in the habit of leading small craft to their anchorage. 1855 Chambers's Jrnl. 2 270/2 Not an hour was lost in expediting the fitting out of our liner, for war was raging. 1858 in P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products 1859 G. A. Lawrence Sword & Gown xvii. 228 A huge ‘liner’, with English colours at the main...close on the enemy's quarter. 1861 Sat. Rev. 14 Dec. 602 There was..a fleet in commission of three liners and three or four frigates. 1863 T. Woolner My Beautiful Lady 147 The huge liners of the hostile fleet. 1864 Times 17 Oct. Wooden liners had become universally acknowledged as useless to compete with ironclad frigates. c. One of the aircraft of a regular line, esp. one for passenger transport; an air-liner; a space-ship. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > spacecraft > [noun] astronaut1880 spaceship1880 liner1905 space flyer1911 rocket ship1925 space vehicle1928 spacecraft1929 ship1930 spacer1942 society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > [noun] > aircraft for goods or passengers liner1905 tramp1905 airliner1908 taxi1909 taxi plane1909 air ferry1916 air freighter1919 passenger plane1919 air taxi1920 freighter1920 flying boxcar1932 ferry1939 shuttle plane1944 day coach1945 feeder liner1946 charter1959 night coach1959 1905 R. Kipling Actions & Reactions (1909) 125 A Planet liner, east bound, heaves up in a superb spiral and takes the air of us humming. 1919 H. Golding Wonder Bk. Aircraft 69 (caption) Off! The pilot of the ‘liner’ is just giving orders to remove the blocks from the wheels of the under-carriage. 1933 Boys' Mag. 47 24/1 Mile after mile of seemingly endless country unfurled itself beneath the flying wings of the giant liner. 1951 A. C. Clarke Sands of Mars iii. 24 The observation gallery..completely circled the liner. 1959 Times Lit. Suppl. 17 Apr. 230/3 These well-known liners were conceived with the future needs of the air lines in view. 1969 New Scientist 2 Oct. 20/2 The Boeing liner will have rather more than twice the capacity of the Concorde. d. One of a fleet of lorries. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > motor lorry, truck, or van > [noun] > truck or lorry > one of a fleet of liner1955 1955 Times 29 June 13/3 The commission have offered the trunk service vehicles, which provide regular daily services between certain towns..‘liner’ services, compared with ‘tramps’,..in relatively large lots together with their respective terminal depôts. 9. A boat engaged in sea-fishing with lines. ΚΠ 1901 Scotsman 4 Mar. 6/2 The want of herring bait is handicapping the steam liners who are working the cod and ling fishing. 10. Sport. (? U.S.) a. Baseball. A ball which, when struck, flies through the air in a nearly straight line not far from the ground. ΚΠ 1874 H. Chadwick Base Ball Man. 55 A ‘line ball’ or ‘liner’ is a ball sent swiftly from the bat to the field almost on a horizontal line. Categories » b. A ball, marble, or other object that rests on a traced line ( Cent. Dict.). 11. colloquial. A picture hung ‘on the line’ at an exhibition (see line n.² 11c). ΚΠ 1887 W. P. Frith Autobiogr. I. x. 114 The work..in due time made its appearance in Trafalgar Square, where it was amongst the fortunate ‘liners’. 12. ‘A threshed sheaf of corn’ ( W. Cornwall Gloss. 1880). ΚΠ 1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall ii. f. 110^v As the threshing lout, Rusheth his Lyners out, So Lyner on his course rusheth. Compounds liner train n. a fast through-running freight train made up of detachable containers on permanently coupled wagons. ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > train > goods train > types of way freight1867 tank-train1901 red ball1906 manifest1912 liner train1962 unit train1962 freightliner1965 1962 Guardian 30 Oct. 3/2 ‘Custom built’ services..so that customers can..‘buy space’ on fixed formation trains—‘liner trains’—whose wagons can..bear their name and line of business. 1963 Reshaping of Brit. Railways (Brit. Railways Board) 142 The description ‘Liner Train’ is applied to a conception of transport based upon joint use of road and rail for door-to-door transport of containerised merchandise, with special purpose, through-running, scheduled trains providing the trunk haul... The Liner Train..is a train of chassis which will remain continuously coupled... The speed will be a maximum of 75 and an average of 50 miles an hour. 1964 Observer 28 June 8/5 If Dr. Beeching's figures are accepted at their face value, the cost of carrying goods by liner trains will be so much less than by heavy lorries..that he should be able to undercut the roads by a comfortable margin. 1970 Daily Mail 16 Feb. 1/6 The plant sends rear axles and brake drums by liner trains to other Ford factories. Draft additions 1997 A ferret attached to a line, used in rabbiting. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hunting specific animals > [noun] > rabbits > with ferrets ferreting1575 liner1902 1902 A. Niblett in W. Carnegie et al. Ferrets & Ferreting (ed. 3) vi. 46 One of your ferrets should always be a good liner, and a good line ferret possesses qualifications which are actually detrimental in the others. 1946 W. Thomas Rabbit Shooting to Ferrets iii. 19 Let us assume that you have purchased a strong, steady hob as liner and a couple of carefully selected jills in whelp. 1966 Punch 13 July 82/2 This ‘liner’ disappeared into the same hole, spaced knots on the string recording his descent. 1979 Shooting Times & Country Mag. 10–16 May 19/3 A good liner will home in on a rabbit and either bolt it or kill it. Draft additions 1997 Originally: an advertisement occupying a line of print. Hence more generally, with preceding numeral: something occupying a specified number of lines (of print, etc.). See also one-liner n. (a) at one adj., n., and pron. Compounds 4. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > publishing or spreading abroad > advertising > [noun] > an advertisement ad1799 advt.1801 advert1814 liner1901 advertorial1914 message1925 advertique1968 infomercial1981 society > communication > printing > printed matter > arrangement or appearance of printed matter > [noun] > space available for or occupied by print > occupying specified number of lines liner1901 1901 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 24 Oct. 5/2 A valuable fur collar, which was advertised in yesterday's Colonist, was restored to its owner before noon, thus showing the prompt returns received from the use of Colonist ‘liners’. 1904 ‘M. Twain’ in Harper's Weekly 2 Jan. 18/1 There were headings—one-liners and two-liners. 1974 P. De Vries Glory of Hummingbird (1975) v. 65 Those two-liners in down-home newspapers. 1983 Austral. Personal Computer Oct. 114/1 This short two liner lists a cassette file to the screen on an Atari. 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