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n. Butchery quality. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of a daughter, or the conduct becoming a daughter. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being disorderly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Fatherly. ] The qualities of a father; parantal kindness, care, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Interlined p. pr. & vb. n. Interlining. ] [ Pref. inter- + line: cf. LL. interlineare, F. interlinéer, OF. entreligner. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To write or insert between lines already written or printed, as for correction or addition; to write or print something between the lines of; as, to interline a page or a book. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To arrange in alternate lines; as, to interline Latin and English. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To mark or imprint with lines. [ 1913 Webster ]

A crooked wrinkle interlines my brow. Marlowe.

{ } a. [ Cf. LL. interlinearis, F. interlinéaire. ] Contained between lines; written or inserted between lines already written or printed; containing interlineations; as, an interlinear manuscript, translation, etc. -- In`ter*lin"e*ar*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

a. Interlinear. -- n. A book containing interlineations. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. interlinéation. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The act of interlining. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is interlined; a passage, word, or line inserted between lines already written or printed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being mannerly; civility; complaisance. Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being masterly; ability to control wisely or skillfully. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being motherly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being northerly; direction toward the north. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being orderly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being overly; carelessness. [ Obs. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being southerly; direction toward the south. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being like summer. [ R. ] Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To mark a line below, as words; to underscore. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To influence secretly. [ Obs. ] Sir H. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Emphasize or call attention to; highlight; as, Long waits at the emergency room underline the need for a larger hospital. . [ JG ]