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lyne
name 5noun 2
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2LYNE + NOUN
anie, skil
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in
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noun
1
Obsolete form of line (“path, rope, etc.”).
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.
2
Alternative form of line (“(obsolete) flax, linen”).
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.
name
1
A village in Runnymede district, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ0166).
2
A small settlement west of Peebles, Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT2040).
3
A surname.
4
A female given name.
5
An electoral division in New South Wales, Australia.
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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 ly
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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
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