Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for LIN'E-AL
LIN'E-AL, a. [L. linealis, from linea, line.]
- Composed of lines; delineated; as, lineal designs. – Wotton.
- In a direct line from an ancestor; as, lineal descent; lineal succession. – Locke.
- Hereditary; derived from ancestors. – Shak.
- Allied by direct descent. For only you are lineal to the throne. – Dryden.
- In the direction of a line; as, lineal measure. Lineal measure, the measure of length.
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