[ad. L. līneātus, f. līneāre to reduce to a line, f. līnea LINE.] a. ppl. a. Marked with lines, spec. in Bot. (see quot. 1866). † b. sb. A figure formed of lines. Obs.
a. 1643. W. Cartwright, Siege, III. vii. I am my self as void Of all [perfections], as Tables not yet lineate.
1674. Jeake, Arith. (1696), 334. Species are Quantities or Magnitudes, denoted by Letters, signifying Numbers, Lines, Lineats, Figures Geometrical, &c.
1777. Robson, Brit. Flora, 15. Lineate, slightly streaked longitudinally with parallel lines, not impressing the surface.
1793. Martyn, Lang. Bot., Lineatum folium, a lineate leaf.
1826. Kirby & Sp., Entomol., IV. 290. Lineate, painted with several such [longitudinal] stripes.
1866. Treas. Bot., Lineate, lined, marked by fine parallel lines.
