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eleven lines

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[ih-lev-uhn lahynz] / ɪˈlɛv ən ˌlaɪnz /

plural noun

  1. Informal. eleven.


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These menhirs are arranged in eleven lines, forming regular alleys.

From The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies by Catherine Ann White

About half a mile to the north-west of the village is the Menec system, which consists of eleven lines, numbers 874 menhirs, and extends a distance of 3376 ft.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" by Various

The duty towards God, which is on the eastern side, is in Roman capitals, and probably had eleven lines, the first three of which are wholly gone.

From Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely by Edward Conybeare

It will be seen that in the eleven lines that are preserved we have several close parallels to the Babylonian Version and some equally striking differences.

From Legends of Babylon and Egypt in relation to Hebrew tradition by L. W. (Leonard William) King

In eleven lines the text of the MS. is superior to that of the fragment: Fragments.Manuscript.

From Torrent of Portyngale by Unknown

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