(radio slang) Ellipsis of linear amplifier..

(uncountable) Thread or cloth made from flax fiber.

Made from linen cloth or thread. / Having the colour linen, light beige.

Descent in a line from a common progenitor; progeny; descending line of offspring or ascending line of parentage. / (advertising) A number of lines of text in a column.

A folding magnifying glass which, when unfolded, forms a frame for the lens at a pre-focussed distance. Commonly used in stamp collecting.

(rugby) A set piece where the hooker throws the ball into play between a row of players from each team. / (rugby) The lineup of players in a lineout (sense 1).

A person who installs and repairs overhead cables (either power or telephone); a linesman. / (American football) A player who specializes in play at the line of scrimmage.

(soccer) An assistant referee. / (tennis, dated) A male line judge. / (ice hockey) An official whose primary task is to watch the blue line and determine when there has been an offside.

(astronomy) A comet, cataloged as “C/1999 S4”, discovered on September 27, 1999, by the Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research program in New Mexico. (See https://web.archive.org/web/20051220100856/http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/comets/linear.html) Sometimes spelled LINEAR.

tablecloths and napkins