n. Descent in a line from a common progenitor; progeny; race; descending line of offspring or ascending line of parentage.
n. A number of lines of text in a column.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. Descent in a line from a common progenitor; progeny; race; descending line of offspring or ascending line of parentage.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. Line of descent from an ancestor; hence, family; race; stock.
n.Synonyms Genealogy, etc. (see pedigree), birth, extraction, ancestry, family, descent.
n. Same as linage.
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n. the number of lines in a piece of printed material
n. the descendants of one individual
n. the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors
n. a rate of payment for written material that is measured according to the number of lines submitted
n. inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline
Word Usage
"ECW is an abomination, but that's only because, technically, it's supposed to be the continuation of the old fed - at least as far as the title lineage was concerned."