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unlineal

  • a word derived from lineal.
    lineal
    adjective
    being in the direct line, as a descendant or ancestor, or in a direct line, as descent or succession.

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Ay, Sir, "a barren sceptre in their gripe, Thence to be wrenched with an unlineal hand, No son of theirs succeeding."

From The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster With an Essay on Daniel Webster as a Master of English Style by Daniel Webster

Upon my head they placed a fruitless crown, And put a barren scepter in my gripe, Thence to be wrenched with an unlineal hand, No son of mine succeeding.

From Familiar Quotations by John Bartlett

Upon my head they placed a fruitless crown, And put a barren sceptre in my gripe, Thence to be wrench'd by an unlineal hand, No son of mine succeeding.

From The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 2 by Sir Walter Scott

Upon my head they placed a fruitless crown, And put a barren sceptre in my gripe, Thence to be wrench'd with an unlineal hand, No son of mine succeeding.

From Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature by John Bartlett

What proof that some unlineal hand, some barbarism, without or within, shall not wrench the sceptre of democracy from our grasp?

From Have faith in Massachusetts; 2d ed. A Collection of Speeches and Messages by Calvin Coolidge