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interline en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈɪntə(ɹ)ˌlaɪn/
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
Proto-Indo-European *-tér
Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥tér
Proto-Italic *n̥ter
Latin inter
Latin inter-bor.
English inter-
Proto-Indo-European *līno-der.?
Proto-Germanic *līną
Proto-Germanic *līnǭ
Proto-West Germanic *līnā
Old English līne
Middle English line
English line
English interline
From inter- + line.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Between lines.
Interline twitter occurs on interlaced displays at half the field-rate.
1986, Second International Conference on Simulators: 7-11 September 1986, IEEE, page 145:
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(not-comparable) Between (or with) two airlines.
I had an interline connection from Delta to AA in Dallas/Ft. Worth.
American Airlines and British Airways have an interline agreement to handle each other's baggage and to accept each other's tickets.
Relateds
offline
interline en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /ˌɪntə(ɹ)ˈlaɪn/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
Proto-Indo-European *-tér
Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥tér
Proto-Italic *n̥ter
Latin inter
Latin inter-bor.
English inter-
Proto-Indo-European *līno-der.?
Proto-Germanic *līną
Proto-Germanic *līnǭ
Proto-West Germanic *līnā
Old English līne
Middle English line
English line
English interline
From inter- + line.
Meanings
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To write or insert between lines already written or printed, as for addition or correction.
Then riſing with Aurora’s Light, / The Muse invok’d, ſit down to write; / Blot out, correct, inſert, refine, / Enlarge, diminiſh, interline; / Be mindful, when Invention fails, / To ſcratch your Head, and bite your Nails.
1733, [Jonathan Swift], On Poetry: A Rapsody, Dublin; London: […] [R. Fleming] [a]nd sold by J. Huggonson, […], →OCLC, pages 7–8, lines 85–90:to interline a page or a book
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To arrange in alternate lines.
When by this way of interlining Latin and Englisſh one with another, he has got a moderate Knowledge of the Latin Tongue, he may then be advanc'd a little farther to the reading of ſome other eaſie Latin Book, […]
1693, [John Locke], “§159”, in Some Thoughts Concerning Education, London: […] A[wnsham] and J[ohn] Churchill, […], →OCLC, page 199:
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To imprint or mark with lines.
For each contracted frown, / A crooked wrinkle interlines my brow: / Spend but one hour in frowns, and I shall look / Like to a beldam of one hundred years.
c. 1600 (date written; first published 1657), attributed to Thomas Dekker, John Day, William Houghton, Lust’s Dominion: Or, The Lascivious Queen. A Tragedie, London: […] J. Chappell, Jun. […], published 1818, →OCLC, Act I, scene i, page 3:
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