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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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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

In the following solution each of the eleven lines represents a sitting, each column a table, and each pair of letters a pair of partners.

From Amusements in Mathematics by Henry Ernest Dudeney

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

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

Flowers.—White; in short terminal racemes; diœcious; three to eleven lines across.

From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Mary Elizabeth Parsons

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