Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Nautical, the water-line at which a vessel floats when at light displacement. See
displacement , 3.
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Examples
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This series of fast-action, light-line rods offers the most fun you can have on a small stream.
SAGE TXL RODS 2008
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Sola's light-line coiled around the animal's throat, knocking it out and pulling it off, and Spock poured a phaser stun into it when it was clear of Kirk.
TRIANGLE SONDRA MARSHAK 2009
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Sola's light-line coiled around the animal's throat, knocking it out and pulling it off, and Spock poured a phaser stun into it when it was clear of Kirk.
TRIANGLE SONDRA MARSHAK 2009
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Sola's light-line coiled around the animal's throat, knocking it out and pulling it off, and Spock poured a phaser stun into it when it was clear of Kirk.
TRIANGLE SONDRA MARSHAK 2009
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[4] To lock, use the light-line tag end to make three wraps around the light-line standing portion, wrapping back toward the knot under the created loop.
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I know smallmouths are supposed to be a light-line species, but I use 17-pound-test mono.
Smallmouth Master 2002
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This works well for deep-water and light-line finesse fishing.
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This works well for deep-water and light-line finesse fishing.
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I know smallmouths are supposed to be a light-line species, but I use 17-pound-test mono.
Smallmouth Master 1999
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He fired the bumper again to steady himself, peering into the blackness beyond the light-line on the rock.
Gold in the Sky Alan Edward Nourse 1960
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