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1. linde-tvigle n.

Additional spellings: lindetvigle
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Some kind of bird [found in a list of plant names]; ?a linnet.

2. līne-cō̆rde n.

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?A linen cord; ?a line cord.

3. thurgh-līne n.

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Naut. ?A brail, buntline; ? = thurgh-wale n.

4. līne-right n., adj., and adv.

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(a) As noun: a straight line between two points; breken oute of line-right, to proceed crookedly or at an incorrect angle; fail to line up (with sth.); (b) as adj.: straight; of the sun and moon: in a…

5. louring n.

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? = lorgh-line.

6. wā̆r-līne n.

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Surg. Fine line used for binding up or suturing.

7. clyet-līne n.

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A line attached to an auxiliary sail or bonnet.

8. kip-string(e n.

Additional spellings: kipstring, kip-stringe, kipstringe
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= kippe-line.

9. lī̆ch-họ̄k n.

Additional spellings: lichhok
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A contraption used in bending a leech line to the sail.

10. rẹ̄veling-līne n.

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?= rif rop [s.v. rif n.(2)(b) & Sandahl ME Sea Terms 2.92-3].

11. scọ̄te n.

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Naut. A sheet.

12. verling-līn n.

Additional spellings: verlinglin
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Naut. A kind of rope, prob. used to furl sails, a furling-line.

13. lī̆che-līne n.

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A rope or chain attached to the leech of a sail and used for hauling the sail up.

14. līne n.(1)

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(a) A cord or rope; a leash, sounding line, etc.; drauen bi o line, to pull on the same rope, pull together; line wie, a towpath; (b) a fishline; also fig.; hok and line, etc.; ground line [see ground

15. līnen v.(2)

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(a) To cut (boards) along a line, shape; (b) to lay out the ground plan of (a fortress); (c) ?to write out (a text) in lines; (d) ?to trim off the seed heads of (flax); ?tie (flax) with a cord.

16. rambe n.

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A wren.

17. link-whitte n.

Additional spellings: linkwhitte
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A bird; prob. the linnet.

18. prīal n.

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?A kind of horizontal brail or an additional central parrel holding the belly of the sail to the mast; prial rop = prial [see Sandahl ME Sea Terms 3 70-78].

19. reuen v.(2)

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Of the day: to dawn, grow light; also, fig. of Venus: beam, shine.

20. stē̆ting n.

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Naut. A rope used to control and brace the yard; -- also coll.; steting rop; corde steting; steting puli, a pulley for hauling a steting; steting triplex, a steting made of three strands.