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white line, white-line, n.
1. Anat.
a. (tr. L. linea alba.) A longitudinal band of tendinous tissue extending from the sternum to the pubis.
b. A whitish band in the pelvic fascia extending from the symphysis pubis to the spine of the ischium.
1598Florio, Linéa abba [sic], the line or hollow tying from the nauell, the white line, the vmbelicall veine. c1720W. Gibson Farrier's Guide i. ii. (1722) 6 The white Line..is..a tendinous Substance, form'd by the Endings of such of those Muscles as meet..in it. 1874Heath Anat. (ed. 3) 286 ‘White line’ of pelvic fascia.
2. a. Printing. A line left blank between two lines of type.
1683Moxon Mech. Exerc., Printing xxiv. ⁋7 That no Letters or Spaces lye in the White-lines of the Form. 1770Luckombe Hist. Printing 250 Open matter, with leads and white-lines between. 1863[see em]. 1960G. A. Glaister Gloss. Bk. 28/2 Blank line, a line which is filled with quads, leads, or blank slugs; a white line in which no letters or other type characters appear.
b. Engraving. An engraved line which prints white; the art or technique of using such lines.
1884H. A. Dobson Thos. Bewick & his Pupils 145 The other difference, of which Bewick is said to be the inventor, consisted in the employment of what is known technically as ‘whiteline’. 1906A. Hayden Chats on Old Prints iii. 86 He [sc. Bewick] was not the inventor of the white line, but he used it freely and adapted his designs accordingly. 1924H. Furst Modern Woodcut i. 10 The black line method keeps the woodprint..in a servile reproductive state, the onus of design falling..on the original designer... The problem of the designer in white line is an entirely different one, requiring..more forethought. 1938F. Weitenkampf Illustrated Bk. ii. 52 For the woodcutter the white line was assuredly an easier method of producing tonal effect than elaborate cross⁓hatching in black. 1973Times 31 July 10/6 His first two prints were from wood blocks, the wood-engraver's ‘white line’ being used with decision in the silhouetted Reclining Nude of 1931.
3. a. = bobbin n.1 2. b. An untarred ‘line’ or rope (cf. white a. 2 a, quots. 1769, 1846).
1824J. F. Cooper Pilot xxvi. III. 35 ‘Bobbin, or white⁓line; they are the same thing,’ added the young trader. 1867Smyth Sailor's Word-bk. s.v. Line, White-line, that which has not been tarred.
4. Alcohol as a drink; also, one who drinks alcohol. U.S. slang.
1908J. M. Sullivan Criminal Slang 27 White-line, an alcohol drinker. 1914Jackson & Hellyer Vocab. Criminal Slang 88 White line, white lime. Current amongst yeggs and hoboes. Alcohol. Example: ‘You'll have to go to the croker and get a stiff for the white line.’ 1926J. Black You can't Win vi. 66 ‘A four-bit micky, a fifty-cent bottle of alcohol—Dr. Hall, white line,’ he translated in disgust. 1926Flynn's 16 Jan. 640/1 All we could glom was a shot of white line.
5. A narrow white strip painted on the road surface to guide or direct motorists; esp. one that separates adjacent traffic lanes.
1924Oxford Times 29 Aug. 9/4 The experiment of the white line, which has proved so successful in encouraging the careful driving of motors round corners in Worcestershire, might with advantage be tried in this district. 1930Motor 10 June 892/2 We do think that observations might be directed at white line offences where they occur in really dangerous places. 1971Daily Tel. (Colour Suppl.) 22 Oct. 25/3 White lines broken but close together can mean a corner or hillcrest is coming. 1976Evening Chron. (Newcastle) 26 Nov., Mr. Cook ruled that the council was guilty of maladministration because it could have speeded up the painting of white line markings.
6. attrib. or as adj. (with hyphen) = white-lined (see below); white-line dart (moth), Euxoa tritici.
1840J. & M. Loudon tr. Köllar's Treat. Insects ii. 102 The White-line Dart Moth... A moth injurious to buck⁓wheat and autumn-sown grain. 1869Newman Brit. Moths 330 The White-line Dart (Agrotis Tritici)... There is generally a sinuous line or interrupted series of linear spots parallel with the hind margin. 1948W. J. Stokoe Caterpillars Brit. Moths I. 178 The White-line Dart..is widely distributed.
So white-line v., trans. to mark with white lines; so white-lined a.
1832Rennie Butterfl. & M. Index 285/1 White-lined Black. 1916Blackw. Mag. Oct. 478/1 Rolled and white⁓lined for the game [of tennis]. |