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▪ I. overline, v.1|-ˈlaɪn|
[f. over- 1 + line n.2, v.2]
trans. To draw a line over or above (a piece of writing: opp. to underline); also, to insert an interlinear translation or the like above. Hence overˈlined ppl. a., having a line above it (usu. said of a printed character or number).
1853Rock Ch. of Fathers III. ii. 14 Latin hymns over⁓lined with an Ango-Saxon translation. 1879Proc. Lond. Math. Soc. X. 21 The terms under⁓lined and over-lined may both be omitted. 1891Driver Introd. Lit. O.T. 75 The reader who will be at the pains to under⁓line (or, if he uses the Hebrew, to overline)..the passages. 1900Athenæum 21 July 84/2 The latest (redactional) changes in the respective documents..are marked by overlining. 1963Amer. Jrnl. Physics XXXI. 339/1 The overlined quantities are suitably taken average values of the specific heats indicated. 1967A. Battersby Network Analysis (ed. 2) xii. 200 An overlined duration, e.g. 12 , means that the present method calls for one man, but two men could be put on the job and would do it in half the time.
▪ II. overˈline, v.2 nonce-wd.
[f. over- 8 + line v.1]
trans. To ‘line’ on the outside; to cover with a second layer of material.
1853Kane Grinnell Exp. xl. (1856) 365 Rough Guernsey frock, overlined by a red flannel shirt. |