white linen.adj.

Brit.

/ˈwʌɪt ˈlʌɪn/, U.S.

/ˈ(h)waɪt ˈlaɪn/

Forms: see white adj. and n. and line n.²

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: white adj., line n.²

Etymology: < white adj. + line n.² In sense A. 1a after post-classical Latin linea alba linea alba n.; compare Middle French ligne blanche (1546 or earlier; French ligne blanche).

A. n.

†a. Anatomy and Zoology. The linea alba (linea alba n.), a band of white fibrous tissue in the abdominal wall, extending from the xiphoid process of the sternum to the symphysis pubis, into which the transverse and oblique muscles of the abdominal wall insert. Obsolete.

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the world > life > the body > structural parts > sinew, tendon, or ligament > types of sinew, tendon, or ligament > [noun] > other ligaments of trunk

white line1578

Poupart's ligament1742

fourchette1754

rhomboid ligament1820

transverse ligament1840

Fallopian arch1913

1578 J. Banister Hist. Man iv. f. 55 These Tendons are vnited together agayne at the white lyne.

1634 T. Johnson tr. A. Paré Chirurg. Wks. iii. xii. 100 The white line is nothing els, than the bound and extremities of the Muscles of the Epigastrium distinguishing the belly in the middest into two parts.

c1720 W. Gibson Farriers New Guide i. ii. 7 The oblique descending Muscles..run sloping downwards into the white Line, which is only a tendinous Substance, form'd by the Endings of such of those Muscles as meet and are determin'd in it.

b. Anatomy. A thickened whitish band in the pelvic fascia, spec. that of the fascia covering the superior surfaces of the levator ani muscles.

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the world > life > the body > structural parts > muscle > muscles of specific parts > [noun] > muscles of pelvis or hips

iliacus1615

psoa1615

psoas1615

square muscle1615

obturator1618

obturator externus1618

obturator internus1618

gluteus1681

pectineus1688

pyriformis1688

quadrigeminal1688

obturatory1719

obturator muscle1726

ischiocavernosus1733

iliac muscle1741

kicking-muscle1866

white line1874

pelvimyon1888

parvipsoas1890

1811 A. Monro Morbid Anat. Human Gullet 420 The internal or posterior part of the Crural Arch is always distinct; it is marked by a white line in the tendon.

1874 C. Heath Pract. Anat. (ed. 3) 286 ‘White line’ of pelvic fascia.

1922 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 79 706/1 Along this true white line, the pelvic fascia divides to form the fascia endopelvina, which gives support to the bladder.

2007 W. F. R. M. Koch & E. Marani Early Devel. Human Pelvic Diaphragm i. 5 The iliococcygeus originates from the ‘white line’ but can extend..to the pubic bone.

a. Printing. A blank line left between two lines of type, or at the head or foot of a page. Now rare.

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society > communication > printing > printed matter > arrangement or appearance of printed matter > [noun] > space left intentionally > between lines of type

white1594

white line1676

line-spacing1957

1676 J. Moxon Regulæ Trium Ordinum 11 It is not graceful to end a Break with a short word onely in a line, because it seems too like a White-line.

1683 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. 291 That no Letters or Spaces lye in the White-lines of the Form.

1755 J. Smith Printer's Gram. 53 Open matter, with leads and white-lines between.

1825 T. C. Hansard Typographia ii. ii. 493 He should receive directions respecting the width and length of the page; whether it is to be leaded, and if with white lines between the breaks.

1863 W. Blades Life & Typogr. W. Caxton II. iv. p. xliii When a ‘white’ line was wanted under a chapter head or over a colophon, em quadrats were ranged side by side for the purpose.

1919 Amer. Printer 5 Dec. 42/2 All pages must be of precisely the same size when tied up, an extra line being inserted in the usual ‘white line’ at foot of page.

1960 G. A. Glaister Gloss. Bk. 28/2 Blank line..; a white line in which no letters or other type characters appear.

b. Engraving. An engraved line which prints white on a dark ground; the process or method of using such lines. Frequently attributive.The process involves rolling ink over the flat surface of an engraved surface so that the lines made by the engraver are left without ink.

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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > printmaking > engraving > relief engraving > [noun] > wood engraving and cutting > block > engraved line

white line1839

1839 J. Jackson Treat. Wood Engraving viii. 669 The first step in executing such a subject is to cut a white line on each side of the pencilled lines which are to remain in relief of the height of the plane surface of the block.

1884 H. A. Dobson T. 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’.

1924 H. Furst Mod. Woodcut i. 10 The problem of the designer in white line is an entirely different one.

1938 F. Weitenkampf Illustr. Bk. ii. 52 For the woodcutter the white line was assuredly an easier method of producing tonal effect.

2010 I. Rogerson in R. Morgan Ashgate Res. Compan. Thomas Hardy xxiii. 445 W. I. Mosses..was no more than a competent journeyman compared with his father, whom W. J. Linton named as one of the last true white-line engravers.

3. Chiefly Nautical. A fine undyed or untarred cord or rope.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > rope, cord, or line > types of

warp1296

sewing-rope1336

viring-rope1336

wardrope1338

bast1357

breast rope1412

balk-line1506

waterline1626

shank1706

selvage1711

shroud hawser1744

white line1747

selvagee1750

cringle1787

staple-rope1794

bracing-rope1827

selvage-stropc1860

soga1860

four-cant1867

toggle-lanyard1874

maguey1908

snorter1950

snotter1950

1747 Gen. Advertiser 1 Dec. 2/2 20 Bundles [of] white line.

1775 N. D. Falck Philos. Diss. Diving Vessel 55 Six pair of ten-shivered purchasing blocks, coged, strapt, and furnished with falls of four-strand 2½ in. white line.

1809 Edinb. Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 5 483 The most convenient mode of preserving this excellent vegetable, is to pierce the leaf with a large sail-needle, and stringing it upon a piece of white line, or a single yarn of rope.

1880 Boy's Own Paper 17 July 660/3 To work a Turk's head upon a rope, take two round turns, with white line, or whatever material you are using, around the rope.

1907 Metrop. Mag. June 290/1 Captain Casco swung a coil of white line round his head.

1953 H. G. Smith Arts of Sailor xiii. 114 The material used for these coverings is common seine twine, known variously as netting twine, white line or cod line.

1981 D. O. Dodge & S. E. Kyriss Seamanship vii. 214 Small white line or cod line is made from either cotton or flax and is used for lead lines and the like.

4. U.S. slang. Alcoholic liquor. Also: a person who drinks this. Now rare.

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the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [noun] > drinking intoxicating liquor > person

nipper1886

white line1895

swigger1941

the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > other distilled liquor > [noun] > alcohol as drink

white line1895

rubby-dub1940

rubby1961

1895 J. London Frisco Kid's Story in Aegis (Oakland High School, Calif.) 15 Feb. 2/2 Leary Joe got to sloppin' up on white line an' wuz orioide.

1908 J. M. Sullivan Criminal Slang 27 White-line, an alcohol drinker.

1926 Flynn's 16 Jan. 640/1 All we could glom was a shot of white line.

5. A narrow white strip painted on a road surface as a guide for motorists; esp. one that separates adjacent traffic lanes.

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society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > parts of road > [noun] > part where vehicles run > part wide enough for one vehicle > stud or line dividing lanes

white line1915

stud1925

broken line1937

cat's-eye1940

1915 Times of India 3 Sept. 6/5 The most distinctive feature of the Detroit system seems to be the marking of heavy white lines on the road to indicate the boundaries of safety zones for pedestrians.

1925 Glasgow Herald 15 Oct. 9 The Minister of Transport is investigating the different methods..of marking the road surfaces with white lines for the guidance of traffic.

1971 Daily Tel. 22 Oct. (Colour Suppl.) 25/3 White lines broken but close together can mean a corner or hillcrest is coming.

2006 SuperBike June 16/2 You drifted over a white line..round a suddenly-tightening bend.

B. adj. (attributive).

Entomology. Forming names of moths which have a linear white marking on the forewing; esp. in white-line dart n. (also white-line dart moth) a Eurasian noctuid moth, Euxoa tritici. Cf. white-lined adj.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [adjective] > of or relating to a moth > marked with a white line

white line1809

white-lined1809

the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Noctuidae > genus Agrotis (dart-moths) > euxoatritici or white-line dart

white-line dart1809

1809 A. H. Haworth Lepidoptera Britannica ii. 191 The White-line Black.

1809 A. H. Haworth Lepidoptera Britannica ii. 223 The white-line Dart.

1832 J. Rennie Conspectus Butterflies & Moths Brit. 147 White-line Snout... Rib-striped Snout.

1869 E. Newman Illustr. Nat. Hist. 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.

1948 W. J. Stokoe Caterpillars Brit. Moths I. 178 The White-line Dart..is widely distributed.

1984 B. Skinner Moths of Brit. Isles 156/2 White-line Snout. Schrankia taenialis Hübner.

2000 D. V. Alford Pest & Dis. Managem. Handbk. vi. 170 Less common, but more damaging, are the caterpillars of dart moths, including..white-line dart moth.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	white line
释义	white linen.adj. Brit. /ˈwʌɪt ˈlʌɪn/, U.S. /ˈ(h)waɪt ˈlaɪn/ Forms: see white adj. and n. and line n.² Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: white adj., line n.² Etymology: < white adj. + line n.² In sense A. 1a after post-classical Latin linea alba linea alba n.; compare Middle French ligne blanche (1546 or earlier; French ligne blanche). A. n. 1. †a. Anatomy and Zoology. The linea alba (linea alba n.), a band of white fibrous tissue in the abdominal wall, extending from the xiphoid process of the sternum to the symphysis pubis, into which the transverse and oblique muscles of the abdominal wall insert. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > sinew, tendon, or ligament > types of sinew, tendon, or ligament > [noun] > other ligaments of trunk white line1578 Poupart's ligament1742 fourchette1754 rhomboid ligament1820 transverse ligament1840 Fallopian arch1913 1578 J. Banister Hist. Man iv. f. 55 These Tendons are vnited together agayne at the white lyne. 1634 T. Johnson tr. A. Paré Chirurg. Wks. iii. xii. 100 The white line is nothing els, than the bound and extremities of the Muscles of the Epigastrium distinguishing the belly in the middest into two parts. c1720 W. Gibson Farriers New Guide i. ii. 7 The oblique descending Muscles..run sloping downwards into the white Line, which is only a tendinous Substance, form'd by the Endings of such of those Muscles as meet and are determin'd in it. b. Anatomy. A thickened whitish band in the pelvic fascia, spec. that of the fascia covering the superior surfaces of the levator ani muscles. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > muscle > muscles of specific parts > [noun] > muscles of pelvis or hips iliacus1615 psoa1615 psoas1615 square muscle1615 obturator1618 obturator externus1618 obturator internus1618 gluteus1681 pectineus1688 pyriformis1688 quadrigeminal1688 obturatory1719 obturator muscle1726 ischiocavernosus1733 iliac muscle1741 kicking-muscle1866 white line1874 pelvimyon1888 parvipsoas1890 1811 A. Monro Morbid Anat. Human Gullet 420 The internal or posterior part of the Crural Arch is always distinct; it is marked by a white line in the tendon. 1874 C. Heath Pract. Anat. (ed. 3) 286 ‘White line’ of pelvic fascia. 1922 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 79 706/1 Along this true white line, the pelvic fascia divides to form the fascia endopelvina, which gives support to the bladder. 2007 W. F. R. M. Koch & E. Marani Early Devel. Human Pelvic Diaphragm i. 5 The iliococcygeus originates from the ‘white line’ but can extend..to the pubic bone. 2. a. Printing. A blank line left between two lines of type, or at the head or foot of a page. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > communication > printing > printed matter > arrangement or appearance of printed matter > [noun] > space left intentionally > between lines of type white1594 white line1676 line-spacing1957 1676 J. Moxon Regulæ Trium Ordinum 11 It is not graceful to end a Break with a short word onely in a line, because it seems too like a White-line. 1683 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. 291 That no Letters or Spaces lye in the White-lines of the Form. 1755 J. Smith Printer's Gram. 53 Open matter, with leads and white-lines between. 1825 T. C. Hansard Typographia ii. ii. 493 He should receive directions respecting the width and length of the page; whether it is to be leaded, and if with white lines between the breaks. 1863 W. Blades Life & Typogr. W. Caxton II. iv. p. xliii When a ‘white’ line was wanted under a chapter head or over a colophon, em quadrats were ranged side by side for the purpose. 1919 Amer. Printer 5 Dec. 42/2 All pages must be of precisely the same size when tied up, an extra line being inserted in the usual ‘white line’ at foot of page. 1960 G. A. Glaister Gloss. Bk. 28/2 Blank line..; a white line in which no letters or other type characters appear. b. Engraving. An engraved line which prints white on a dark ground; the process or method of using such lines. Frequently attributive.The process involves rolling ink over the flat surface of an engraved surface so that the lines made by the engraver are left without ink. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > printmaking > engraving > relief engraving > [noun] > wood engraving and cutting > block > engraved line white line1839 1839 J. Jackson Treat. Wood Engraving viii. 669 The first step in executing such a subject is to cut a white line on each side of the pencilled lines which are to remain in relief of the height of the plane surface of the block. 1884 H. A. Dobson T. 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’. 1924 H. Furst Mod. Woodcut i. 10 The problem of the designer in white line is an entirely different one. 1938 F. Weitenkampf Illustr. Bk. ii. 52 For the woodcutter the white line was assuredly an easier method of producing tonal effect. 2010 I. Rogerson in R. Morgan Ashgate Res. Compan. Thomas Hardy xxiii. 445 W. I. Mosses..was no more than a competent journeyman compared with his father, whom W. J. Linton named as one of the last true white-line engravers. 3. Chiefly Nautical. A fine undyed or untarred cord or rope. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > rope, cord, or line > types of warp1296 sewing-rope1336 viring-rope1336 wardrope1338 bast1357 breast rope1412 balk-line1506 waterline1626 shank1706 selvage1711 shroud hawser1744 white line1747 selvagee1750 cringle1787 staple-rope1794 bracing-rope1827 selvage-stropc1860 soga1860 four-cant1867 toggle-lanyard1874 maguey1908 snorter1950 snotter1950 1747 Gen. Advertiser 1 Dec. 2/2 20 Bundles [of] white line. 1775 N. D. Falck Philos. Diss. Diving Vessel 55 Six pair of ten-shivered purchasing blocks, coged, strapt, and furnished with falls of four-strand 2½ in. white line. 1809 Edinb. Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 5 483 The most convenient mode of preserving this excellent vegetable, is to pierce the leaf with a large sail-needle, and stringing it upon a piece of white line, or a single yarn of rope. 1880 Boy's Own Paper 17 July 660/3 To work a Turk's head upon a rope, take two round turns, with white line, or whatever material you are using, around the rope. 1907 Metrop. Mag. June 290/1 Captain Casco swung a coil of white line round his head. 1953 H. G. Smith Arts of Sailor xiii. 114 The material used for these coverings is common seine twine, known variously as netting twine, white line or cod line. 1981 D. O. Dodge & S. E. Kyriss Seamanship vii. 214 Small white line or cod line is made from either cotton or flax and is used for lead lines and the like. 4. U.S. slang. Alcoholic liquor. Also: a person who drinks this. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [noun] > drinking intoxicating liquor > person nipper1886 white line1895 swigger1941 the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > other distilled liquor > [noun] > alcohol as drink white line1895 rubby-dub1940 rubby1961 1895 J. London Frisco Kid's Story in Aegis (Oakland High School, Calif.) 15 Feb. 2/2 Leary Joe got to sloppin' up on white line an' wuz orioide. 1908 J. M. Sullivan Criminal Slang 27 White-line, an alcohol drinker. 1926 Flynn's 16 Jan. 640/1 All we could glom was a shot of white line. 5. A narrow white strip painted on a road surface as a guide for motorists; esp. one that separates adjacent traffic lanes. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > parts of road > [noun] > part where vehicles run > part wide enough for one vehicle > stud or line dividing lanes white line1915 stud1925 broken line1937 cat's-eye1940 1915 Times of India 3 Sept. 6/5 The most distinctive feature of the Detroit system seems to be the marking of heavy white lines on the road to indicate the boundaries of safety zones for pedestrians. 1925 Glasgow Herald 15 Oct. 9 The Minister of Transport is investigating the different methods..of marking the road surfaces with white lines for the guidance of traffic. 1971 Daily Tel. 22 Oct. (Colour Suppl.) 25/3 White lines broken but close together can mean a corner or hillcrest is coming. 2006 SuperBike June 16/2 You drifted over a white line..round a suddenly-tightening bend. B. adj. (attributive). Entomology. Forming names of moths which have a linear white marking on the forewing; esp. in white-line dart n. (also white-line dart moth) a Eurasian noctuid moth, Euxoa tritici. Cf. white-lined adj. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [adjective] > of or relating to a moth > marked with a white line white line1809 white-lined1809 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Noctuidae > genus Agrotis (dart-moths) > euxoatritici or white-line dart white-line dart1809 1809 A. H. Haworth Lepidoptera Britannica ii. 191 The White-line Black. 1809 A. H. Haworth Lepidoptera Britannica ii. 223 The white-line Dart. 1832 J. Rennie Conspectus Butterflies & Moths Brit. 147 White-line Snout... Rib-striped Snout. 1869 E. Newman Illustr. Nat. Hist. 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. 1948 W. J. Stokoe Caterpillars Brit. Moths I. 178 The White-line Dart..is widely distributed. 1984 B. Skinner Moths of Brit. Isles 156/2 White-line Snout. Schrankia taenialis Hübner. 2000 D. V. Alford Pest & Dis. Managem. Handbk. vi. 170 Less common, but more damaging, are the caterpillars of dart moths, including..white-line dart moth. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.adj.1578
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