line, bar, rule, stripe, streak, spoke, radius.
lengthening &c v.; prolongation, production, protraction; tension,
tensure†; extension.
[Measures of length] line, nail, inch, hand, palm, foot, cubit,
yard, ell, fathom, rood, pole, furlong, mile, league; chain, link;
arpent†, handbreadth†, jornada [U.S.], kos†, vara†.
[astronomical units of distance] astronomical unit, AU, light-
year, parsec.
[metric units of length] nanometer, nm, micron, micrometer,
millimicron, millimeter, mm, centimeter, cm, meter, kilometer, km.
pedometer, perambulator; scale &c (measurement) 466.
V. be long &c adj.; stretch out, sprawl; extend to, reach to, stretch
to; make a long arm, drag its slow length along.
render long &c adj.; lengthen, extend, elongate; stretch; prolong,
produce, protract; let out, draw out, spin out†; drawl.
enfilade, look along, view in perspective.
distend (expand) 194.
Adj. long, longsome†; lengthy, wiredrawn†, outstretched; lengthened &c
v.; sesquipedalian &c (words) 577; interminable, no end of;
macrocolous†.
linear, lineal; longitudinal, oblong.
as long as my arm, as long as today and tomorrow; unshortened &c
(shorten) &c 201 [Obs.].
Adv. lengthwise, at length, longitudinally, endlong†, along; tandem; in
a line &c (continuously) 69; in perspective.
from end to end, from stem to stern, from head to foot, from the
crown of the head to the sole of the foot, from top to toe; fore and
aft.