Billet
Part of speech: verb
Definition: to lodge soldiers, usually by order to lodge, or be quartered, in a private house
Part of speech: noun
Definition: a place where a soldier is assigned to lodge metallurgy a semi-finished length of metal a short piece of wood, especially one used as firewood A rectangle used as a charge on an escutcheon
Line
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To cover the inside/inner surface of (something).To fill or supply (something), as a purse with money.To place (objects) into a line (usually used with "up"); to form into a line; to align.To place persons or things along the side of for security or defense; to strengthen by adding; to fortify.To mark with a line or lines, to cover with lines.To represent by lines; to delineate; to portray.To impregnate (applied to brute animals). — Creech.To read or repeat line by line.To form or enter into a line.To hit a line drive; to hit a line drive which is caught for an out. Compare fly and ground.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A rope, cord, string, or thread; a slender, strong cord, or a cord of any thickness; a hawser.A path through two or more points (see also segment), a continuous mark, including as made by a pen, pencil, or graver; any path.An infinitely extending one-dimensional figure that has no curvature; one that has length but not breadth or thickness.A line segment; a continuous finite segment of such a figure.A written or printed row of letters, words, numbers, or other text, especially a row of words extending across a page or column# by extension, a verse (in poetry)# by extension; such a line as read aloud:# a sentence of dialogue, as in a screenplay.The official, stated position (or set of positions) of an individual or group, particularly a political or religious faction.A letter, a written form of communication.The wire connecting one telegraphic station with another, a telephone or internet cable between two points: a telephone or network connection.A more-or-less straight sequence of people, objects, etc., either arranged as a queue or column and often waiting to be processed or dealt with, or arranged abreast of one another in a row (and contrasted with a column), as in a military formation. Battle of Hohenfriedberg.]]The regular infantry of an army, as distinguished from militia, guards, volunteer corps, cavalry, artillery, etc.A trench or rampart, or the non-physical demarcation of the extent of the territory occupied by specified armed forces.The products or services sold by a business, or by extension, the business itself.The position in which the fencers hold their swords.An edge of a graph.The horizontal path of a ball towards the batsman (see also length).The batter's box.Flax; linen, particularly the longer fiber of flax.DirectionCourse of conduct, thought, occupation, or policy; method of argument; department of industry, trade, or intellectual activity.The exterior limit of a figure, plat, or territory; a boundary; a contour; an outline; a demarcation.A threadlike crease or wrinkle marking the face or the hand; hence, characteristic mark.Lineament; feature; figure (of one's body).A series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a given person; a family or race; compare lineage.A connected series of public conveyances, as a roadbed or railway track; and hence, an established arrangement for forwarding merchandise, etc.A circle of latitude or of longitude, as represented on a map.The equator.A long tape, or a narrow ribbon of steel, etc., marked with subdivisions, as feet and inches, for measuring; a tapeline.That which was measured by a line, as a field or any piece of land set apart; hence, allotted place of abode.The proper relative position or adjustment of parts, not as to design or proportion, but with reference to smooth working.One of the straight horizontal and parallel prolonged strokes on and between which the notes are placed.A number of shares taken by a jobber.A measure of length equal to one twelfth of an inch.A hose.
Example sentence: An object in motion tends to remain in motion along a straight line unless acted upon by an outside force.