单词 | to run the line or lines |
释义 | > as lemmasto run the line or lines 67. transitive. North American. To determine, fix, or mark off (a boundary line). Frequently in to run the line or lines, to run the bounds. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > boundary > form continuous boundary [verb (intransitive)] > determine boundary ride1455 to rid (the) marches1466 to redd the marchesa1500 butt1523 to beat the bounds1570 to run the line or lines1639 procession1724 1639 Rec. Mass. Bay (1853) I. 254 Mr John Oliver, Mr Robert Keayne, & Richard Sadler are appointed to run the bounds betweene Boston & Linn. 1640 in G. A. Schofield Anc. Rec. Ipswich (Mass.) (1899) I. Full power [is] given to them..to run the lyne and make the bounds, between Salem and Ipswich. 1660 in Essex Inst. Hist. Coll. (1877) XIV. 168 Mr. John Gardner of Salem, being desired..to Run the bounds betwixt Bostone, Charlestowne and Lynn vppon a Nor. Norwest lyne. 1708 S. Sewall Diary 28 Mar. (1973) I. 592 I agreed with Major Thaxter to run the Line of my 300. Acres of Land. 1741 in Acts & Resolves Mass. Bay (1905) XIII. 14 Ordered that Mr Allen be added to the Committee appointed..to run the bounds between Hopkinton and Holliston. 1764 T. Hutchinson Hist. Colony Massachusets-Bay, 1628–91 (1765) i. 208 The lines between..the governments..have been run. 1809 E. A. Kendall Trav. Northern Parts U.S. I. ii. 15 The boundaries are usually determined, or in the technical phrase, the lines run, by a land-surveyor. 1892 A. C. Gunter Miss Dividends (1893) 63 Ever since he ran the lines in Nebraska when that State was a howling wilderness. 1907 E. B. Crane Hist. Homes & Inst. Worcester County, Mass. I. 374/2 Jacob Root..was one of those chosen to run the bounds between Colchester and Hebron in 1710. 1928 A. Nevins Fremont II. xxv. 442 The Chief Executive..had in June, 1849, appointed him a commissioner to run the boundary line with Mexico. 1991 F. W. Cadle Georgia Land Surv. Hist. & Law viii. 273 The commissioners..began at the northwest corner of Georgia and ran the line eastwardly. < as lemmas |
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