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Webster 1913 Edition

(līn′ĭng)

Noun.

[See

to cover the in side.]

The act of one who lines; the act or process of making lines, or of inserting a lining.

That which covers the inner surface of anything, as of a garment or a box; also, the contents of anything.

The

lining

of his coffers shall make coats
To deck our soldiers.

Shakespeare

ppr.

[See Line.] Covering on the inside, as a garment.

Noun.

The inner covering of any thing, as of a garment or a box. The pleura is called the lining of the thorax.

That which is within.