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• Ancestor (banda) — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Ancestor Información personal Origen Cuba Información& …   Wikipedia Español

• line — line1 [līn] n. [ME merging OE, a cord, with OFr ligne (both < L linea, lit., linen thread, n. use of fem. of lineus, of flax < linum, flax)] 1. a) a cord, rope, wire, string, or the like b) a long, fine, strong cord with a hook, sinker,… …   English World dictionary

• ancestor — [an′ses΄tər; ] also [, an′səstər, an′sistər] n. [ME & OFr ancestre < L antecessor, one who goes before < pp. of antecedere < ante , before + cedere, to go] 1. any person from whom one is descended, esp. one earlier in a family line than… …   English World dictionary

• line breeding — noun The mating of closely related animals in order to preserve the characteristics of a common ancestor • • • Main Entry: ↑line …   Useful english dictionary

• Line of succession to James I — This is the beginning of the line of succession to the Scottish throne of James VI upon his death on 27 March 1625: #Charles, Prince of Wales (later Charles I) (b. 1600), 2nd only surviving son of James I #Elizabeth, Electress Palatine of the… …   Wikipedia

• line|age — lin|e|age1 «LIHN ee ihj», noun. 1. descent in a direct line from an ancestor: »... he was of the house and lineage of David (Luke 2:4). SYNONYM(S): ancestry. 2. a family or race: »The Lords of Douglas…are second to no lineage in Scotland in the… …   Useful english dictionary

• line — line1 linable, lineable, adj. lineless, adj. linelike, adj. /luyn/, n., v., lined, lining. n. 1. a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface: a line down the middle of the page. 2. Math. a …   Universalium

• line — I [[t]laɪn[/t]] n. v. lined, lin•ing 1) a long mark of very slight breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface 2) math. a continuous extent of length, straight or curved, without breadth or thickness; the trace of a moving point 3) …   From formal English to slang

• line — [OE] The closest modern English line comes to its ancestor is probably in the fisherman’s ‘rod and line’ – a ‘string’ or ‘chord’. For it goes back to Latin līnea ‘string’. This was a derivative of līnum ‘flax’ (source of English linen), and hence …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• line — [OE] The closest modern English line comes to its ancestor is probably in the fisherman’s ‘rod and line’ – a ‘string’ or ‘chord’. For it goes back to Latin līnea ‘string’. This was a derivative of līnum ‘flax’ (source of English linen), and hence …   Word origins

• ancestor — A predecessor in the family line. In statutes which provide for descent and distribution, the term embraces both lineals and collaterals. 23 Am J2d Desc & D § 77. Also, for the purposes of an ancestral estate statute, the term ancestor usually… …   Ballentine's law dictionary