Mason–Dixonn.

Brit.

/ˌmeɪsnˈdɪksn/, U.S.

/ˈmeɪsnˈdɪksən/

Forms: 1700s Mason's and Dixon's, 1700s– Mason and Dixon's, 1800s Mason and Dickson, 1800s Mason and Dixie's, 1800s Mason and Dixon, 1900s– Mason-Dixon.

Origin: From proper names. Etymons: proper name Mason, Dixon.

Etymology: < the names of Charles Mason (1730–87) and Jeremiah Dixon (1733–79), English surveyors and astronomers, who defined most of the boundary between Pennsylvania and Maryland by survey in 1763–7.In form Mason & Dixie in quot. 1861 for Mason–Dixon line n. at sense 1 probably remodelled after Dixie n.²

U.S.

I. Compounds.

1. Mason–Dixon line n. the boundary between Maryland and Pennsylvania, taken as the northern limit of slave-owning U.S. states before the abolition of slavery. Later frequently used allusively in contexts in which cultural or political aspects of the northern and the southern United States are contrasted.

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Mason–Dixon line1776

Mason–Dixon1834

the line1845

1776 T. Jefferson Let. 26 Aug. in Papers (1950) I. 505 I am indebted to you for a topic to deny to the Pensylvania [sic] claim to a line 39 complete degrees from the equator. As an advocate I shall certainly insist on it; but I wish they would compromise by an extension of Mason & Dixon's line.

1779 in W. B. Reed Life & Corr. J. Reed (1847) II. 134 The Virginia gentlemen offer to divide exactly the 40th degree with us... Perhaps we [of Penna.] would be as well off with Mason and Dixon's line continued.

1850 J. G. Whittier Old Portraits in Pr. Wks. (1889) II. 195 Every petty postmaster south of Mason and Dixon's line became ex officio a censor of the press.

1861 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) 25 May 251/2 Suffysit to say I got across Mason & Dixie's [sic] line safe at last.

1948 Sat. Evening Post 30 Oct. 124/4 This same little band has long since adopted three war-ruined families in the old country—two in Bizonia, one on the other side of Europe's bitter Mason and Dixon's line.

1975 Times 20 Aug. 12/3 The tortured condition of the Jewish middle-class intellectual seems..the dominant subject of novels written north of the Mason-Dixon line.

1990 J. Shields Chesapeake Bay Cookbk. (1991) ii. 203/1 As soon as one crosses the Mason-Dixon Line, hush puppies abound.

II. Simple uses.

2. The Mason–Dixon line.

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the world > the earth > named regions of earth > America > North America > [noun] > United States > Mason-Dixon line

Mason–Dixon line1776

Mason–Dixon1834

the line1845

1834 C. A. Davis Lett. J. Downing, Major iii. 36 And he tell'd me Georgia would go for me, arter the Gineral, as soon as any north of mason and dickson.

1843 Knickerbocker 22 185 The writer, who dwelleth near Mason and Dixon, descants upon the awful climate.

1948 Reporter (Downers Grove, Illinois) 21 Oct. 3/2 Two Dixiecrats, out of their element north of the Mason-Dixon, nevertheless registered their convictions on the States' Rights issue.

1977 Jrnl. Politics 39 729 It was then that the dividing line between North and South began to be pushed down from the Mason-Dixon to the Potomac.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mason–dixon
释义	Mason–Dixonn. Brit. /ˌmeɪsnˈdɪksn/, U.S. /ˈmeɪsnˈdɪksən/ Forms: 1700s Mason's and Dixon's, 1700s– Mason and Dixon's, 1800s Mason and Dickson, 1800s Mason and Dixie's, 1800s Mason and Dixon, 1900s– Mason-Dixon. Origin: From proper names. Etymons: proper name Mason, Dixon. Etymology: < the names of Charles Mason (1730–87) and Jeremiah Dixon (1733–79), English surveyors and astronomers, who defined most of the boundary between Pennsylvania and Maryland by survey in 1763–7.In form Mason & Dixie in quot. 1861 for Mason–Dixon line n. at sense 1 probably remodelled after Dixie n.² U.S. I. Compounds. 1. Mason–Dixon line n. the boundary between Maryland and Pennsylvania, taken as the northern limit of slave-owning U.S. states before the abolition of slavery. Later frequently used allusively in contexts in which cultural or political aspects of the northern and the southern United States are contrasted. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > America > North America > [noun] > United States > Mason-Dixon line Mason–Dixon line1776 Mason–Dixon1834 the line1845 1776 T. Jefferson Let. 26 Aug. in Papers (1950) I. 505 I am indebted to you for a topic to deny to the Pensylvania [sic] claim to a line 39 complete degrees from the equator. As an advocate I shall certainly insist on it; but I wish they would compromise by an extension of Mason & Dixon's line. 1779 in W. B. Reed Life & Corr. J. Reed (1847) II. 134 The Virginia gentlemen offer to divide exactly the 40th degree with us... Perhaps we [of Penna.] would be as well off with Mason and Dixon's line continued. 1850 J. G. Whittier Old Portraits in Pr. Wks. (1889) II. 195 Every petty postmaster south of Mason and Dixon's line became ex officio a censor of the press. 1861 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) 25 May 251/2 Suffysit to say I got across Mason & Dixie's [sic] line safe at last. 1948 Sat. Evening Post 30 Oct. 124/4 This same little band has long since adopted three war-ruined families in the old country—two in Bizonia, one on the other side of Europe's bitter Mason and Dixon's line. 1975 Times 20 Aug. 12/3 The tortured condition of the Jewish middle-class intellectual seems..the dominant subject of novels written north of the Mason-Dixon line. 1990 J. Shields Chesapeake Bay Cookbk. (1991) ii. 203/1 As soon as one crosses the Mason-Dixon Line, hush puppies abound. II. Simple uses. 2. The Mason–Dixon line. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > America > North America > [noun] > United States > Mason-Dixon line Mason–Dixon line1776 Mason–Dixon1834 the line1845 1834 C. A. Davis Lett. J. Downing, Major iii. 36 And he tell'd me Georgia would go for me, arter the Gineral, as soon as any north of mason and dickson. 1843 Knickerbocker 22 185 The writer, who dwelleth near Mason and Dixon, descants upon the awful climate. 1948 Reporter (Downers Grove, Illinois) 21 Oct. 3/2 Two Dixiecrats, out of their element north of the Mason-Dixon, nevertheless registered their convictions on the States' Rights issue. 1977 Jrnl. Politics 39 729 It was then that the dividing line between North and South began to be pushed down from the Mason-Dixon to the Potomac. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1776
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