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linealment (1286)
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linealment (1286)

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linealement,  lineaument,  linialment,  liniaument,  linielment,  linielement,  lynialment,  lynyaument  (lenealment  YBB 32-33 Ed I 19)  
  FEW:  linea 5,354a Gdf:  linealment 4,789c GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF: ∅ DMF:  linéalement  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

adv.

1in a straight line: 
( 1286 )  (the borders of these lands run) de cel leu dekes al Otrepole de suth la jaye Water le Charecter (l. Charetter) , e del Otrepole dekes a la banere assise a la londemer’ linaument en droyt de cynkaunte acres  Glastonbury Chart 340
( 1340 )  queux divises et boundes comencent devers le southe et descendent linealment  YBB 14-15 Ed III 229
2temporalin (chronological) sequence, order: 
( 1355-64; MS: s.xivex )  qe tout ne sount lez journés recordez linielment en le hours q'ils aveindrent  Scalacronica 160
3kinshiplineally, in the line of descent: 
( 1292 )  E vus avez cunté de Robert le tresael lynyaument a Jon  YBB 20-21 Ed I 157
( 1313-14 )  a Johan com a uncle qi est en la line costeine et issi linealment a nous  YBB Ed II vii 8
( 1425 )  possessions et enheritementz du dite enheritaunce, sount trouvez entaillez suffisantement, et linealment descenduz au dit Johan  Rot Parl1 iv 287

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See also:

line1  lineal 
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