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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
lined \lined\ adjective
1. furnished with items in a line or as if in a line.
Note: Often used in hyphenated form, prefixed by the item arranged in a line; as, tree-lined streets. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
2. having visible lines; -- used especially of skin; as, their lined faces were immeasurably sad. Contrasted to {smooth}.
Syn: furrowed, seamed. [WordNet 1.5]
3. having a lining or a liner; often used in combination; as, a lined skirt; a silk-lined jacket. Opposite of {unlined}. [WordNet 1.5]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Line \Line\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Lined} (l[imac]nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Lining}.] [See {Line} flax.]
1. To cover the inner surface of; as, to line a cloak with silk or fur; to line a box with paper or tin.
The inside lined with rich carnation silk. --W. Browne.
2. To put something in the inside of; to fill; to supply, as a purse with money.
The charge amounteth very high for any one man's purse, except lined beyond ordinary, to reach unto. --Carew.
Till coffee has her stomach lined. --Swift.
3. To place persons or things along the side of for security or defense; to strengthen by adding anything; to fortify; as, to line works with soldiers.
Line and new repair our towns of war With men of courage and with means defendant. --Shak.
4. To impregnate; -- applied to brute animals. --Creech.
{Lined gold}, gold foil having a lining of another metal.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
bordered \bor"dered\ adjective having a border especially of a specified kind; sometimes used as a combining term; as, black-bordered handkerchief. Antonym of {unbordered}. [Narrower terms: {boxed}; {deckled, deckle-edged, featheredged}; {lined}; {seagirt, sea-girt}] Also See: {finite}. [WordNet 1.5]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
lined
adjective
1: bordered by a line of things; "tree lined streets"
2: (used especially of skin) marked by lines or seams; "their lined faces were immeasurably sad"; "a seamed face" [syn: {seamed}]
3: having a lining or liner or a liner; often used in combination; "a lined skirt"; "a silk-lined jacket" [ant: {unlined}]
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