eleven lines
Americanplural noun
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Flowers.—White; in short terminal racemes; diœcious; three to eleven lines across.
From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Parsons, Mary Elizabeth
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 White, Catherine Ann
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 Dudeney, Henry Ernest
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
This is not now done with treble and bass clefs, which are only used with respectively the top and bottom five lines of the Great Stave of eleven lines.
From How to Write Music Musical Orthography by Harris, Clement A.
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