Etymology tree
English line
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzios
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English liner
From line (verb) + -er.
Meanings
Someone who fits a lining to something.
a liner of shoes
A good liner has a pretty shrewd idea of the value of the painting he is treating and usually charges accordingly. 1973, Kyril Bonfiglioli, Don't Point That Thing at Me, Penguin, published 2001, page 41:
A removable cover or lining.
Lane Coutell, in a Burberry raincoat that apparently had a wool liner buttoned into it, was one of the six or seven boys out on the open platform. 1955, J. D. Salinger, “Franny”, in Franny and Zooey, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, published 1991, →ISBN, page 3:
I threw out the trash can liner.
The pamphlet supplied in the box with an audiovisual tape or disc, etc.
liner notes
A lining within the cylinder of a steam engine, in which the piston works and between which and the outer shell of the cylinder a space is left to form a steam jacket.
A similar lining for cylinders of internal-combustion engines (see "Further reading").
A slab on which small pieces of marble, tile, etc., are fastened for grinding.
Etymology tree
English line
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzios
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English liner
From line (verb) + -er.
Meanings
(transitive) To fit a cylinder liner.
They have a common chassis, except that the cylinders, 20 in. diameter in the Class "7", are linered down to 19½ in. in the Class "6". 1951 July, “British Standard Locomotives”, in Railway Magazine, page 444:
From line (noun) + -er (relational suffix) or -er (measurement suffix) (sense 5).
Meanings
A large passenger-carrying ship, especially one on a regular route; an ocean liner.
He turned back to the scene before him and the enormous new block of council dwellings. The design was some way after Corbusier but the block was built up on plinths and resembled an Atlantic liner swimming diagonally across the site. 1963, Margery Allingham, “Foreword: The Turk Street Mile”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC, page 9:
With her luxurious furnishings and spacious accommodation the Invicta, which is 350-ft. long and has a gross tonnage of 4,178, resembles a small liner. 1947 January and February, “Notes and News: New Southern Channel Steamer”, in Railway Magazine, page 49:
A ship of the line.
A line drive.
The liner glanced off the pitcher's foot.
(slang) A basic salesperson.
(in-compounds) Something with a specified number of lines.
the following three-liner by an unknown poet 2005, G. J. H. Van Gelder, Close Relationships, page 130:
(qualifier:South Korean idol fandom) A person born in a certain year (XX liner); a person who belongs to a certain line.
94 liner
(abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of penny-a-liner.
pl liniowiec (military, navy: ship of the line — see also ship of the line) · ja ライナー (large passenger carrying ship — see also ocean liner) · ga línéar (large passenger carrying ship — see also ocean liner) · nl lijnschip (large passenger carrying ship — see also ocean liner) · nl passagiersschip (large passenger carrying ship — see also ocean liner) · ro navă de linie (military, navy: ship of the line — see also ship of the line) · bg ла́йнер (large passenger carrying ship — see also ocean liner) · cmn 郵船 /邮船 (large passenger carrying ship — see also ocean liner) · es barco lineal (military, navy: ship of the line — see also ship of the line) · pl liniowiec (large passenger carrying ship — see also ocean liner) · bg but see ре́дов (in combination: something with a specified number of lines) · nl oceaanstomer (large passenger carrying ship — see also ocean liner) · nl linieschip (military, navy: ship of the line — see also ship of the line) · ru ла́йнер (large passenger carrying ship — see also ocean liner) · es hidrobús (large passenger carrying ship — see also ocean liner) · bg лине́ен ко́раб (military, navy: ship of the line — see also ship of the line) · cmn 班輪 /班轮 (military, navy: ship of the line — see also ship of the line) · es transatlántico (large passenger carrying ship — see also ocean liner) · nl lijnboot (large passenger carrying ship — see also ocean liner) · es barco transoceánico de pasajeros (large passenger carrying ship — see also ocean liner) · fi matkustajalaiva (large passenger carrying ship — see also ocean liner) · sv linjefartyg (large passenger carrying ship — see also ocean liner) · ru ре́йсовый парохо́д (military, navy: ship of the line — see also ship of the line) · nl pakketboot (large passenger carrying ship — see also ocean liner) · es barco de línea (military, navy: ship of the line — see also ship of the line)