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liner1 1. a passenger ship or aircraft, esp one that is part of a commercial fleet 2. See freightliner liner2 1. a material used as a lining 2. Engineering a sleeve, usually of a metal that will withstand wear or corrosion, fixed inside or outside a structural component or vessel liner [′līn·ər] (design engineering) A replaceable tubular sleeve inside a hydraulic or pump-pressure cylinder in which the piston travels. (engineering) A string of casing in a borehole. (metallurgy) The cylindrical chamber that holds the billet for extrusion. The slab of coating metal that is placed on the core alloy and is subsequently rolled down to form a clad composite. (mining engineering) A foot piece for uprights in timber sets. Timber supports erected to reinforce existing sets which are beginning to collapse due to heavy strata pressure. A bar put up between two other bars to assist in carrying the roof. Replaceable facings inside a grinding mill. (naval architecture) A merchant vessel engaged in regular, usually high-speed service. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| I rose, also, and over the ship's side, I saw not two hundred yards distant the periscope of a submarine, while racing toward the liner the wake of a torpedo was distinctly visible. liner (Societe Anonyme des Transports Aeriens) is diving and lifting half a mile below us in search of some break in the solid west wind. I am writing these last lines in the saloon of the Booth liner Francisca, and they will go back by the pilot to the keeping of Mr. |
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