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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Line, Lyn(e, v.¹ Also: linn-. P.p. linit, lynit etc., lynnit, lynd. [ME. (Chaucer) and e.m.E. lyne, line; ? f. Line n.¹ with ref. to the use of linen for lining garments.]

To line, apply a lining or inner facing to, cover on the inside. a. A garment or the like. b. A room.a. Occurring very freq. and with ref. to a great variety of lining materials, in such sources as Treas. Acc., Inv. Wardrobe or Edinb. Test. 1473 Treas. Acc. l. 13.
ij elne of quhite to lyne ij pair of hos to the King Ib. 15, 20, 22, etc. 1494–5 Ib. 228.
ij½ ellis of bukkerame to lyn the mvlis sadill 1550 Ib. IX. 418.
For lynnyng of the hiltis and plumat thairof [sc. a sword] 1593 Acts IV. 30/1.
Vnderstanding how necessar … the schurling skynnis ar for lyning cuschenis making of pokis lyning powchis gluiffis and clething of the puir 1600 Crim. Trials II. 237.
vj quarteris of lining to lyne his breikis 1674 Lauder Jrnl. 274.
The harne with which she lined hir hangingsp.p. 1455 Acts II. 43/2.
Mantillis … furryt with quhyt and lynyt befor … with the sammyn furring 1478 Acta Aud. 67/1; 1483 Ib. *112/1. 1503 Treas. Acc. II. 236; etc.
The Kingis goun … linit with jenetis 1566-70 Buch. Comm. on Virgil Æn. v. 421.
Ex duplici panno factam, lynit 1580 Coll. Aberd. & B. 391.
Of Scottis coveringis xvj thairof fyiff red and yallow lynnit 1596 Fraser P. 227.
Ane … cluik of blak lynit doun the lappis with grwgrane taffetie 1637 Edinb. Test. LVIII. 88.
Ane hous gowne lynnit throw with furres 1653 Soc. Ant. XXIII. 302.
Two coverlids seud lynd with plaidingb. 1667 Edinb. B. Rec. X. 38.
[The council] appoynts the theasurer to floar and lyne that place of Hadducks Holl wheir the ammunition lyes 1693 Household Bk. G. Baillie 2.
To McKuloch for linning a room

c. fig. 1560 Rolland Seven S. 2683.
O subtell schrew … With … flattering wordis … Lynit with lesingis