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{ } n. Alignment; position in a straight line, as of two planets with the sun. Whewell. [ 1913 Webster ]

The allineation of the two planets. C. A. Young. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. ad + lineatus, p. p. of lineare to draw a line. ] To align. [ R. ] Herschel. [ 1913 Webster ]

prep. & adv. [ Pref. a- + neath for beneath. ] Beneath. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. balneare to bathe, fr. L. balneum bath. ] The act of bathing. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. balneatorius. ] Belonging to a bath. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

prep. [ OE. benethe, bineoðen, AS. beneoðan, benyðan; pref. be- + neoðan, nyðan, downward, beneath, akin to E. nether. See Nether. ] 1. Lower in place, with something directly over or on; under; underneath; hence, at the foot of. “Beneath the mount.” Ex. xxxii. 19. [ 1913 Webster ]

Beneath a rude and nameless stone he lies. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Under, in relation to something that is superior, or that oppresses or burdens. [ 1913 Webster ]

Our country sinks beneath the yoke. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Lower in rank, dignity, or excellence than; as, brutes are beneath man; man is beneath angels in the scale of beings. Hence: Unworthy of; unbecoming. [ 1913 Webster ]

He will do nothing that is beneath his high station. Atterbury. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. In a lower place; underneath. [ 1913 Webster ]

The earth you take from beneath will be barren. Mortimer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Below, as opposed to heaven, or to any superior region or position; as, in earth beneath. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. collineare to direct in a straight line. See Collimation. ] The act of aiming at, or directing in a line with, a fixed object. [ R. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L.cuneatus, fr. cuneus a wege SeeCoin. ] Wedge-shaped; (Bot.), wedge-shaped, with the point at the base; as, a cuneate leaf. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Cuneiform. “Cuneatic decipherment.” Sayce. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. delineatus, p. p. of delineare to delineate; de- + lineare to draw, fr. linea line. See Line. ] Delineated; portrayed. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Delineated; p. pr. & vb. n. Delineating. ] 1. To indicate by lines drawn in the form or figure of; to represent by sketch, design, or diagram; to sketch out; to portray; to picture; in drawing and engraving, to represent in lines, as with the pen, pencil, or graver; hence, to represent with accuracy and minuteness. See Delineation. [ 1913 Webster ]

Adventurous to delineate nature's form. Akenside. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To portray to the mind or understanding by words; to set forth; to describe. [ 1913 Webster ]

Customs or habits delineated with great accuracy. Walpole. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. represented accurately or precisely. [ Narrower terms: diagrammatic, diagrammatical; drawn; painted ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. described in words with sharpness and detail or with vivid imagery. Opposite of undelineated.
Syn. -- represented, delineate. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. [ L. delineatio: cf. F. délinéation. ] 1. The act of representing, portraying, or describing, as by lines, diagrams, sketches, etc.; drawing an outline; as, the delineation of a scene or face; in drawing and engraving, representation by means of lines, as distinguished from representation by means of tints and shades; accurate and minute representation, as distinguished from art that is careless of details, or subordinates them excessively. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A delineated picture; representation; sketch; description in words. [ 1913 Webster ]

Their softest delineations of female beauty. W. Irving.

Syn. -- Sketch; portrait; outline. See Sketch. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, delineates; a sketcher. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Surv.) A perambulator which records distances and delineates a profile, as of a road. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. That delineates; descriptive; drawing the outline; delineating. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Delineation. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Gr. 'enne`a nine. ] Occurring once in every nine times, days, years, etc.; every ninth. [ 1913 Webster ]

Enneatical day, every ninth day of a disease. --
Enneatical year, every ninth year of a man's life. [ 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. A kind of early apple. [ Written also jenneting. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. lineatus, p. p. of lineare to reduce to a straight line, fr. linea line. ] 1. (Zool.) Marked with lines. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Marked longitudinally with depressed parallel lines; as, a lineate leaf. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. lineatio the drawing of a line, fr. lineare. ] Delineation; a line or lines. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Anything having an outline. [ R. ] Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Compar. Neater superl. Neatest. ] [ OE. nett, F. nett, fr. L. nitidus, fr. nitere to shine. Cf. Nitid, Net, a., Natty. ] 1. Free from that which soils, defiles, or disorders; clean; cleanly; tidy. [ 1913 Webster ]

If you were to see her, you would wonder what poor body it was that was so surprisingly neat and clean. Law. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Free from what is unbecoming, inappropriate, or tawdry; simple and becoming; pleasing with simplicity; tasteful; chaste; as, a neat style; a neat dress. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Free from admixture or adulteration; good of its kind; as, neat brandy; to drink one's vodka neat. Hence: (Chem.) Pure; undiluted; as, dissolved in neat acetone. “Our old wine neat.” Chapman. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

4. Excellent in character, skill, or performance, etc.; nice; finished; adroit; as, a neat design; a neat thief. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. With all deductions or allowances made; net. [ In this sense usually written net. See Net, a., 3. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

neat line (Civil Engin.), a line to which work is to be built or formed. --
Neat work, work built or formed to neat lines. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Nice; pure; cleanly; tidy; trim; spruce. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. sing. & pl. [ AS. neát; akin to OHG. nōz, Icel. naut, Sw. nöt, Dan. nöd, and to AS. neótan to make use of, G. geniessen, Goth. niutan to have a share in, have joy of, Lith. nauda use, profit. ] (Zool.) Cattle of the genus Bos, as distinguished from horses, sheep, and goats; an animal of the genus Bos; as, a neat's tongue; a neat's foot. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Wherein the herds[ men ] were keeping of their neat. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

The steer, the heifer, and the calf
Are all called neat. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

A neat and a sheep of his own. Tusser. [ 1913 Webster ]

Neat's-foot, an oil obtained by boiling the feet of neat cattle. It is used to render leather soft and pliable. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See neat, n. ] Of or pertaining to the genus Bos, or to cattle of that genus; as, neat cattle. [ 1913 Webster ]

prep. & adv. An abbreviation of Beneath. [ Poetic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A person who has the care of neat cattle; a cowherd. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A building for the shelter of neat cattle. [ Obs. or Prov. Eng. ] Massinger. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Neat, a. + -fy. ] To make neat. [ Obs. ] olland. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a neat manner; tidily; tastefully. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

n. [ From neat cattle. ] A woman who takes care of cattle. [ R. ] Warner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Excessively neat. Spectator. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Previous delineation. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. See Snath. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A mark of a line or lines under a word in a sentence, or under another line; underlining. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ L. trans across + linea a line: cf. It tralineare, tralignare. ] To deviate; to stray; to wander. [ Obs. ] Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ OE. undirnepe. See Under, and Beneath. ] Beneath; below; in a lower place; under; as, a channel underneath the soil. [ 1913 Webster ]

Or sullen mole, that runneth underneath. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

prep. Under; beneath; below. [ 1913 Webster ]

Underneath this stone lie
As much beauty as could die. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ AS. uneá&unr_;e; un- not + eá&unr_;&unr_; easily, easy; akin to OS. &unr_;&unr_;i easy, OHG. &unr_;di. ] Not easy; difficult; hard. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Who he was, uneath was to descry. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Not easily; hardly; scarcely. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Uneath may she endure the flinty streets. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]