See also:

• LINER, or LINE OF BATTLE

LINER, or See also:

• LINE

LINE OF See also:

• BATTLE

BATTLE  S111r, the name formerly given to a See also:

• VESSEL (O. Fr. vaissel, from a rare Lat. vascellum, dim. of vas, vase, urn)

vessel considered large enough to take See also:

• PART

part in a See also:

• NAVAL

naval See also:

• BATTLE

battle . The practice of distinguishing between vessels See also:

• FIT

fit, and those not fit, to " See also:

• LIE, JONAS LAURITZ EDEMIL (1833—1908)
• LIE, MARIUS SOPHUS (1842–1899)

lie in a See also:

• LINE

line of battle," arose towards the end of the 17th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . In the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early 18th century all vessels of 5o guns and upwards were considered fit to lie in a line . After the Seven Years' See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War (1756–63) the 50-See also:

• GUN

gun See also:

• SHIPS

ships were rejected as too small . When the See also:

• GREAT

great revolutionary See also:

• WARS

wars See also:

• BROKE, or BROOKE, ARTHUR (d. 1563)
• BROKE, SIR PHILIP BOWES VERE, BART

broke out the smallest line of battle See also:

• SHIP

ship was of 64 guns . These also came to be considered as too small, and later the line of battle-ships began with those of 74 guns . The See also:

• TERM

term is now replaced by " battleship "; " See also:

• LINER, or LINE OF BATTLE

liner " being the colloquial name given to the great passenger ships used on the See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main lines of See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea transport . See also:

• BRITISH

British Exports of See also:

• LINEN

Linen See also:

• YARN

Yarn and See also:

• CLOTH

Cloth . 1891 . 1896 . 19o1 . 1906 .

See also:

• WEIGHT

Weight of linen yarn in pounds . . 14,859,900 18,462,300 12,971,100 14,978,200 Length in yards of linen piece goods, 144,416,700 150,849,300 137,521,000 173,334,200 See also:

• PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain, bleached or unbleached Length in yards of linen piece goods, 11,807,600 17,986,100 8,007,600 13,372,100 checked, dyed or printed, also See also:

• DAMASK

damask and See also:

• DIAPER (derived through the Fr. from the Gr. &&, through, and a rirpos, white; the derivation from the town of Ypres, " d'Ypres," in Belgium is unhistorical, as diapers were known for centuries before its existence)

diaper Length in yards of See also:

• SAILCLOTH

sailcloth . 3,233,400 5,372,600 4,686,700 4,251,400 See also:

• TOTAL

Total length in yards of all kinds of 159,457,700 174,208,000 150,215,300 190,957,700 linen cloth Weight in pounds of linen See also:

• THREAD (0. Eng. praed, literally, that which is twisted, prawan, to twist, to throw, cf. " throwster," a silk-winder, Ger. drehen, to twist, turn, Du. draad, Ger. Draht, thread, wire)

thread for 2,474,100 2,240,300 1,721,000 2,181,100 .