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Brewer's: Line of Communication
or rather Lines of Communication, are trenches made to continue and preserve a safe correspondence between two forts, or two approaches to a besieged city, or between two parts of the same…Brewer's: Line a Day
(A). (“Nulla dies sine linea.”) Apelles the artist said he never passed a day without doing at least one line, and to this steady industry he owed his great success. Source: Dictionary…Brewer's: Line of Demarcation
The line which divides the territories of different proprietors. The space between two opposite doctrines, opinions, rules of conduct, etc. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E.…Brewer's: Line of Direction
The line in which a body moves, a force acts, or motion is communicated. In order that a body may stand without falling, a line let down from the centre of gravity must fall within the…Brewer's: Line of Life
(The). In French, La ligne de vie. So also, line of duty, La ligne du devoir, etc. In palmistry, the crease in the left hand beginning above the web of the thumb, and running towards or up…Brewer's: Line of March
The ground from point to point over which an army moves. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Line of OperationLine of Life A B C D E F G H I J K L M…Brewer's: Line of Operation
(The) in war. The line between the base of operation (q.v.) and the object aimed at. Thus, if a fleet is the base and the siege of a city is the object aimed at, the line of operation is…Brewer's: Lining of the Pocket
Money. My money is spent: Can I be content With pockets deprived of their lining? The Lady's Decoy, or Man Midwife's Defence, 1738, p. 4. When the great court tailor wished to obtain the…Brewer's: Log-line
The line fastened to the log (q.v.), and wound round a reel in the ship's gallery. The whole line (except some five fathoms next the log, called stray line) is divided into equal lengths…Brewer's: Troops of the Line
All numbered infantry or marching regiments, except the foot-guards. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894TrophoniosTroopers A B C D E F G H I J K L…Trending
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