mislineationn.
/ˌmɪslɪnɪˈeɪʃn/, U.S. /ˈˌmɪsˌlɪniˈeɪʃ(ə)n/ The incorrect arrangement of lines on a page; an instance of this kind of error.
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society > communication > printing > printed matter > arrangement or appearance of printed matter > [noun] > omission or wrong ordering of lines
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1930 New Statesman 27 Dec. 361/2 Some afterthoughts written into Love's Labour's Lost, Romeo and Juliet..are revealed by failure to delete the original wording. Mislineations in the Shrew and Timon of Athens may indicate others.
1964 F. Bowers Bibliogr. & Textual Crit. vi. iv. 182 It may be that some mislineation at the beginning of Othello was caused by the trouble he [sc. the compositor] experienced in adjusting text about the ornamental initial letter.
1983 Notes & Queries Oct. 464/2 He shows little awareness of the factors which may have led to mislineation in extant texts.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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