[L. līneola, dim. of līnea LINE sb.2] † a. Math. A line. Obs. b. Anat. and Zool. A little line. Hence Lineolet Ent., a fine or obscure line (Cent. Dict.).
1726. trans. Gregory’s Astron., I. 77. The Lineola βρ, is to the Lineola br, as the Causes producing them.
1888. Syd. Soc. Lex., Lineola, a little line.
