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Nowel

Part of Speech: noun

The bottom part of a mold or of a flask, in distinction from the cope; the drag.

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lineal

Part of Speech: Noun

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            1.                                           Inheriting                                                         by                                                         direct                                                         descent;                                                         having                                                         the                                                         right                                                         by                                                         direct                                                         descent                                                         to                                                           succeed (                                                        to).                                    

            2.                                             Composed                                                         of                                                           lines;                                                         delineated;                                                         as,                                                           lineal                                                           designs.                                    

            3.                                           In                                                         the                                                         direction                                                         of                                                           a                                                         line;                                                         of                                                         or                                                         pertaining                                                         to                                                           a                                                         line;                                                         measured                                                         on,                                                         or                                                         ascertained                                                         by,                                                           a                                                         line;                                                         linear;                                                         as,                                                           lineal                                                         magnitude.                                    

            4.                                           Descending                                                         in                                                           a                                                         direct                                                         line                                                         from                                                         an                                                         ancestor;                                                         hereditary;                                                         derived                                                         from                                                           ancestors; -                                                         opposed                                                         to                                                           collateral;                                                         as,                                                           a                                                           lineal                                                         descent                                                         or                                                           a                                                           lineal                                                         descendant.

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Don't you really know, Durbeyfield, that you are the lineal representative of the ancient and knightly family of the d'Urbervilles, who derive their descent from Sir Pagan d'Urberville, that renowned knight who came from Normandy with William the Conqueror, as appears by Battle Abbey Roll?" - "Tess of the d'Urbervilles A Pure Woman", Thomas Hardy.
Of our own familiar ones several may be tracked among the snows of the Latins and the Greeks, and have sometimes been drawn from " The Mines of the East:" like decayed families which remain in obscurity, they may boast of a high lineal descent whenever they recover their lost title- deeds. - "Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 (of 3)", Isaac Disraeli.
Rise 12 " Panel 10 " Weight per lineal ft. - "Instructions on Modern American Bridge Building", G. B. N. Tower.

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