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ˈnight-line
[f. night n. + line n.2]
A line with baited hooks set to catch fish by night.
1848Kingsley Yeast viii, You were setting night-lines. I saw a minnow lie on the bank as I came up. 1857Hughes Tom Brown ii. i, His pet plans of..making night-lines and slings. 1879Jefferies Wild Life in S. Co. 359 Night-lines..are the detestation of the true angler.
Hence ˈnight-line v.; ˈnight-lining vbl. n.
1894C. H. Cook Thames Rights 119 Owners have allowed their men to night-line to a large extent. Ibid. 121 Reserving netting and night-lining rights.
▸ Chiefly Brit. Usu. in form Nightline. A telephone helpline available at night, esp. for university or college students (freq. as the name of such a service); (hence more widely) any overnight out-of-hours telephone service.
1970Times 8 Aug. 12/1 Posters have appeared on the campus advertising a service to students called Nightline. ‘Loneliness? Crisis? Despair?’ they say, and gave [sic] a university extension to ring between 10 p.m. and 8 a.m. The students who run it have been coached by the Telephone Samaritans. 1984Sojourner (Nexis) 28 Feb. 7 Since I was at home, there was no easily available medical advice (when I called the health service nightline I was told to call my surgeon in the morning). 1997C. Brookmyre Country of Blind (2001) v. 109 ‘Manson & Boyd has a 24-hour emergency line, doesn't it?.. Who's in the office?’ ‘Woman called Margaret operates the nightline.’ 2003Independent (Nexis) 5 Sept. The national network of university Nightlines. A brilliant directory of useful contacts, helpline numbers and resources. |