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ˈheadline, n.
1. Naut.
a. One of the ropes that make a sail fast to the yard.
b. See quot. 1794.
1626Capt. Smith Accid. Yng. Seamen 15 Diuerse other small cordage, as head lines. 1627― Seaman's Gram. v. 22 Head lines, are the ropes that make all the sailes fast to the yard. 1794Rigging & Seamanship I. 169 Head-line, is the line sewed along the upper edge of flags to strengthen them.
2. Printing.
†a. See quot. 1676.
†b. See quot. 1823.
c. The line at the top of a page in which the running title, pagination, etc., are given; a title or sub-title in a book, newspaper, etc. to make or hit the headlines: to be given prominent notice in the newspapers.
1676Moxon Print Lett. 6 The Head-line is the upper line that bounds the Short Letter. 1823Crabb Technol. Dict. s.v. Head, Head-line, the line which is drawn across the top or head of a page. 1824J. Johnson Typogr. II. vi. 133 Head-lines are generally set in small capitals of the same fount, or in Italics. 1825Hansard Typogr. 411 Having..placed the head-line at the top, and signature or direction line at bottom. 1890Dilke Probl. Greater Brit. I. 78 The amazing headlines which are so conspicuous a feature in the leading journals of New York. 1934M. Weseen Dict. Amer. Slang (1935) xvii. 257 Hit the headlines, to become famous; to gain notoriety. 1939War Illustr. 21 Oct. 181 He [sc. Winston S. Churchill] ‘hit the headlines’ in 1899 with a dramatic escape from captivity in a Boer armoured train. 1944F. Clune Red Heart 12 It was just another tragedy of the Outback, the sort of thing that doesn't make headlines in the City newspapers, but it wrings the hearts of people who really know. 1948Manch. Guardian Weekly 29 Jan. 11 The publication..hit the headlines here last night. 1957‘J. Wyndham’ Midwich Cuckoos 12 Before that it [sc. the village] hit the headlines—well, anyway, the broad⁓sheets—when Black Ned, a second-class highwayman, was shot on the steps of The Scythe and Stone Inn by Sweet Polly Parker. 1968Globe & Mail (Toronto) 3 Feb. 35/1 Anybody who gets his picture on the cover of the magazine [sc. Time] immediately breaks a leg, or hits the headlines in embarrassing fashion about the date of publication.
d. Broadcasting. Usu. in pl. A summary of important news items, given at the beginning or end of a news bulletin.
1908‘O. Henry’ Gentle Grafter 39 He shows me a machine..with two things for your ears..I puts it on and listens. A female voice starts up reading headlines of murders, accidents and other political casualties. ‘What you hear,’ says the farmer, ‘is a synopsis of to-day's news..wired in to our Rural News Bureau and served hot to subscribers.’ 1934B.B.C. Year-Bk. 82 They [sc. Topical Talks] were given five minutes every evening in which to deal with the ‘head line’ of the day, and were tacked on like a tail to the news bulletins. 1941B.B.C. Gloss. Broadc. Terms 14 Headline News: Brief statements giving, within the space of not more than five minutes, salient news items without comment or background material. 1971‘D. Halliday’ Dolly & Doctor Bird i. 6, I watched the news headlines on television.
3. a. A line or rope attached to the head of an animal, as a bullock (Cent. Dict.).
b. A line fastening the head of a vessel to the shore.
1876‘Mark Twain’ Tom Sawyer ii. 29 Get out that headline! 1877J. Habberton Jericho Road i. 9 The head⁓line was cast off as the pilot's bell rang. 1958E. S. Land Winning War with Ships 105, I ‘went ashore with the headline’, contacted the Italian Admiral, and cooled off somewhat.
4. A base-line in surveying.
1656Doc. & Rec. New Hampshire I. 221 From the said head lyne we measured for the length..6 miles & a halfe. 1704New Hampshire Probate Rec. I. 514 All my land..up as far as the southern hills, viz. as far as to butt against Andrews head line.
5. Palmistry. A line of the head (cf. line n.2 8 b).
1867A. R. Craig Bk. of Hand xxiii. 189 If a line sets out from the head line, and rises straight to the mount of Jupiter, crosses it, and cuts the roots of the forefinger, it is excessive pride. 1894‘Mark Twain’ in Century Mag. Feb. 554/2 Wilson began to study Luigi's palm, tracing life lines, heart lines, head lines, and so on. [1911Encycl. Brit. XX. 650/1 s.v. Palmistry. A line starting above the head of the second metacarpal bone and crossing the hand to the middle of its ulnar border is the line of the head.] 1934Cassell's Mod. Encycl. 733/1 The principal lines on the palm are named life line, head line, heart line, fate line, and line of Apollo.
6. attrib. and Comb.
1909Daily Chron. 19 Aug. 3/1 His ingenuity is amazing,..and not merely amazing in the headline sense of that ill-used word. 1933Amer. Speech Dec. 6/2 ‘Headline English’ has become almost a menace to standard English usage nowadays. 1958Times 11 Aug. 11/3 She..is usually to be seen..at Broadway first nights,..at headline parties. 1963Times 11 June 17/4 The headline⁓maker, of course, has been the contract from United Airlines, of the United States, which has taken delivery of its 20-plane medium-range jet fleet from France. 1965Economist 2 Oct. 57/3 He still uses that unfortunate American headline-verb ‘to score’ (meaning ‘to attack’).
Hence ˈheadline v. trans., to furnish with a headline; ˈheadlined ppl. a., furnished with a headline.
1891Punch 25 Apr. 196/2 A daily newspaper gave a head⁓lined account of the speech. 1897Literary Guide 1 July 199/1 The book is head-lined with the announcement that [etc.]. 1912Out West Apr. 237/2 A big headlined, illustrated..story, the pride of some reporter's heart. 1953Manch. Guardian Weekly 12 Feb. 3 The ‘New York Herald Tribune’ headlined this story to-day. 1958Listener 20 Nov. 811/2 The answer..faithfully reported and perhaps headlined the next day in the local press. 1964Melody Maker 28 Nov. 4/2 Nashville Teens, Kinks and Hullaballoos will be headlined in the 10-day Christmas holiday show..at Brooklyn's Fox Theatre. |