lyne

plural lynes

1. countableobsoleteuncountableObsolete form of line (“path, rope, etc.”).

   Noſce teipſum of Thales: Noſce tempus of Pittacus: Nihil nimis of Cleobulus; which notwithſtanding to ſpeake indifferently, are but vulgar precepts in Morality, carrying with them nothing above the lyne, or beyond the extemporall ſententioſity of common conceits with us.

   1646, Thomas Browne, “Of Adherence unto Antiquity”, in Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], London: […] T[homas] H[arper] for Edward Dod, […], →OCLC, 1st book, page 23

2. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of line (“(obsolete) flax, linen”).

   Nor anie vveauer, vvhich his vvorke doth boaſt In dieper, in damaske, or in lyne; Nor anie skil’d in vvorkmanſhip emboſt; Nor anie skil’d in loupes of fingring fine, Might in their diuers cunning euer dare, VVith this ſo curious netvvorke to compare.

   1591, Ed[mund] Sp[enser], “Muiopotmos, or The Fate of the Butterflie”, in Complaints. Containing Sundrie Small Poemes of the Worlds Vanitie. […], London: […] William Ponsonbie, […], →OCLC, signature X, recto

plural Lynes

1. countableuncountableA village in Runnymede district, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ0166).
2. countableuncountableA small settlement west of Peebles, Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT2040).
3. countableuncountableA surname.
4. countableuncountableA female given name.
5. countableuncountableAn electoral division in New South Wales, Australia.