Lyne
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Lyne is a noun meaning Obsolete form of line (“path, rope, etc.”).
Meaning
Obsolete form of line (“path, rope, etc.”).
More Meanings
- Alternative form of line (“(obsolete) flax, linen”).
Example Sentences
Nor anie vveauer, vvhich his vvorke doth boaſt In dieper, in damaske, or in lyne; Nor anie skil’d in vvorkmanſhip emboſt; Nor anie skil’d in loupes of fingring fine, Might in their diuers cunning euer dare, VVith this ſo curious netvvorke to compare.
Noſce teipſum of Thales: Noſce tempus of Pittacus: Nihil nimis of Cleobulus; which notwithſtanding to ſpeake indifferently, are but vulgar precepts in Morality, carrying with them nothing above the lyne, or beyond the extemporall ſententioſity of common conceits with us.
Word Forms
- lynes
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include under, lin, lien, thorpe.
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