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Linage

Linage \Lin"age\ (l[i^]n"[asl]j), n. See Lineage. [Obs.]
--Holland.

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linage

n. (alternative spelling of lineage English)

WordNet
linage
  1. n. the number of lines in a piece of printed material [syn: lineage]

  2. a rate of payment for written material that is measured according to the number of lines submitted [syn: lineage]

Usage examples of "linage".

Then one of the company put off his upper robe and put it on my backe: which done, the Priest looked upon me, with a sweete and benigne voice, gan say in this sort: O my friend Lucius, after the endurance of so many labours, and the escape of so many tempests of fortune, thou art at length come to the port and haven of rest and mercy: neither did thy noble linage, thy dignity, thy doctrine, or any thing prevaile, but that thou hast endured so many servil pleasures, by a little folly of thy youthfullnes, whereby thou hast had a sinister reward for thy unprosperous curiositie, but howsoever the blindnes of fortune tormented thee in divers dangers : so it is, that now unwares to her, thou art come to this present felicitie : let fortune go, and fume with fury in another place, let her finde some other matter to execute her cruelty, for fortune hath no puissance against them which serve and honour our goddesse.

Everything in magazine publishing hinged on the number of subscribers: advertising rates, ad linage, lender confidence.

The Royal Family was fanatic about the purity of their linage to the point of extensive incest.

And certes it hath oftentimes bene seene,That of the like, whose linage was vnknowne,More braue and noble knights haue raysed beene,As their victorious deedes haue often showen,Being with fame through many Nations blowen,Then those, which haue bene dandled in the lap.

When he Looked at the unGifted or Gifted but untrained, the linages didn't quite mesh and the edges were fuzzy and indistinct.