The angler is seated in the bow with a very long cane rod, to which is affixed a short line of a few feet, not to exceed six.
On a short line, however (the bend of the rod being maintained), he should be followed back to the water by a slight lowering of the tip, but it should again be raised as soon as he touches the water.
A short line, usually three or four feet long, with suitable hook and sinker, is tied to the short end of the thin board, through a small hole bored for the purpose.
If you have a short line only, the battery may be short-circuited through your sounder or other coils of wire for 5 or 6 hours a day, without working it too much.
You will need 1 cell to each sounder; that is, for a short line in the house with two sounders, use 2 cells.
It is better to have the cells together, on a short line, joined in series.
It is equally plain that the mere acceptance of a short line rate by a roundabout road, so long as this rate is adequate to yield some profit over the extra cost, while of advantage to some, may not work positive injury to any one.
It is clear in the first place that "short line" and "long line" are merely used as convenient terms to designate differences in the cost of operation.
A short line (often of horsehair) connecting a fishing line with the hook; a snell; a leader.
Fine Arts) Defn: A short line used in drawing and engraving, especially in shading and denoting different surfaces, as in map drawing.
Let out a short line, and wave the rod from side to side horizontally, until the line follows the motion of the rod, then pull a yard or two off the reel and swish it on to the water.
In our poet's plays of this period speeches never began with a short line, unless when complementary, and at no time was the second line of a couplet short.
Moreover in this play speeches do not thus end with a short line.
There is something wanting here; for in this play the speeches never begin thus with a short line.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "short line" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
