middle linen.

Brit.

/ˈmɪdl ˌlʌɪn/, U.S.

/ˈmɪd(ə)l ˌlaɪn/

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

Etymology: < middle adj. + line n.² Compare slightly earlier midline n.

a. A central line, an axis; spec. (Nautical) (in a shipwright's plan) a line dividing a ship down the middle (see quot. 1805); (Croquet) the line of hoops placed in the middle of the lawn.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > [noun] > shipbuilding > lines, sections, or elevations

middle line?c1400

sweep1627

lines1680

touch1711

waterline1750

station1754

sheer-draught1769

body plan1781

sheer-line1797

sheer-plan1797

touchline1797

water plane1798

centreline1806

buttock line1816

crown1830

scrieve1830

top-breadth line1846

wave-line1846

floor-plan1867

?c1400 in J. O. Halliwell Rara Mathematica (1839) 58 Come toward and go froward til þe perpendicle..falle vpon þe mydel lyne of þe quadrant.

1685 H. More Paralipomena Prophetica xxxi. 281 The middle line, viz. that which is punctulated drawn through the midst of this walk.

1711 W. Sutherland Ship-builders Assistant 46 To make the side Lines and middle Lines of the Decks out of winding one with another.

1805 Shipwright's Vade-mecum 117 Middle line, a line dividing the ship exactly in the middle. In the horizontal..plan, it is a right line bisecting the ship from the stem to the stern-post; and, in the..body-plan, it is a perpendicular line bisecting the ship from the keel to the height of the top of the side.

1821 W. M. Craig Lect. Drawing 351 In the same way you will get the middle line of the mouth.

1838 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 1 96/1 Marking the middle line, or axis of the road, by stakes or pickets, placed at equal intervals apart.

1848 T. White Ship Building 39 The upper works usually incline towards the middle line, or as it is termed ‘tumble home’.

1866 Croquet: Implem. & Laws 9 Place in the centre of the ground on the middle line.

1897 H. P. Hedges Hist. East-Hampton 182 Southampton ran a middle line from its east bounds,..and made therefrom a Great North and South Division.

1927 Dict. National Biogr. 1912–21 29/2 His ‘protected’ cruisers..were the first of a powerfully armed type of swift vessels protected from end to end by a strong deck, below water at the sides of the ship, but above water at the middle line.

†b. The meridian (or its continuation below the horizon). Also: an equator, spec. the celestial equator or equinoctial. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the universe > celestial sphere > circle of celestial sphere > [noun] > great circle > celestial equator

equinoctialc1386

equatorc1400

weigherc1400

middle line1595

mid-circle1675

celestial equator1875

the world > the universe > celestial sphere > circle of celestial sphere > [noun] > great circle > hour circle > meridian

meridian1594

mid-heaven1594

middle line1595

1595 G. Markham Most Honorable Trag. Sir R. Grinuile sig. E7^v And now the night grew neere her middle line.

1597 T. Middleton Wisdome of Solomon Paraphr. xvii The sun not past the middle line of course, Did cleerely shine.

a1609 J. Dennys Secrets of Angling (1613) i. iv. sig. B1^v Of Heauen the middle Line, That makes of equall length both day and night.

1625 N. Carpenter Geogr. Delineated i. iii. 60 The Magnet..is separated or diuided by a middle line or Æquator.

1661 T. Ross tr. Silius Italicus Second Punick War xiii. 369 When the dewy Night hath made Her course beyond her middle Line, then bring Th'aforesaid Victims to the Stygian King.

1737 H. Baker Medulla Poetarum Romanorum I. 319 Bright Phoebus..from his Zenith vertically shines:..The Rays descend direct... Here equally the middle Line is found, To cut the radiant Zodiac in it's Round.

2. A course or state between two extremes; a middle way.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > absence of prejudice > [noun] > middle course

middle way?c1225

midwayc1451

golden mean1541

middle course1579

mid-course1603

middle path1606

third way1638

midstream1670

middle line1692

middle road1759

mid-ground1825

juste milieu1831

via media1834

middle ground1961

1692 J. Dryden Eleonora in Wks. (1885) XI. 130 As all virtues keep the middle line, Yet somewhat more to one extreme incline.

1775 E. Burke Speech Amer. Taxation 37 An Administration, that, having no scheme of their own, took a middle line.

1874 T. Hardy Far from Madding Crowd I. i. 9 Gabriel's features adhered throughout their form..exactly to the middle line between the beauty of St. John and the ugliness of Judas Iscariot.

1902 W. James Varieties Relig. Experience xiv–xv. 339 The conduct we blame ourselves for not following lies nearer to the middle line of human effort.

1909 Daily Chron. 12 Jan. 6/3 Associated with art, Sir Hubert placed the Philistine in the middle line of intelligence.

1995 L. Garrett Coming Plague (new ed.) xi. 331 Essex would continue walking a middle line, finding antibody evidence that 10 to 12 percent of people with AIDS were also infected with HTLV-I, but constantly underscoring that ‘we certainly don't have any proof that this agent causes AIDS.’

3. Anatomy. = midline n. 2.

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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > [noun] > mid-line

middle line1797

midline1868

1797 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 398/2 Draw a line in the body plan parallel to the middle line, at a distance equal to the half of what the stem is sided.

1858 H. Gray Anat. 462 Along the middle line [of the corpus callosum] is a linear depression, the raphe.

1872 T. H. Huxley Lessons Elem. Physiol. (ed. 6) vii. 174 A limb is..abducted when it is drawn away from the middle line.

1939 T. L. Green Pract. Animal Biol. i. 176 These muscles meet in the middle line and cover the trachea.

1953 D. A. Bannerman Birds West & Equatorial Afr. II. 847 In the White-breasted Akalat (I. rufipennis) the throat and middle line of the belly are white.

1961 J. Stubblefield Davies's Introd. Palaeontol. (ed. 3) v. 133 It is attached to the ventral surface of the body by a joint called the protopodite, from which a feeble process projects towards the middle line.

4. The middle of three or more lines.

ΚΠ

1806 J. W. Callcott Musical Gram. 9 When the C Clef is placed so that the two cross strokes enclose the middle Line, it is called the Counter Tenor or Viola Clef.

1885 Cent. Mag. Feb. 599 (caption) The center of the Federal left on the middle line of defense..was called by the Confederates ‘The Hornets' Nest’.

1992 Sci. Amer. May 87/2 (caption) The leftmost line will appear complete. The middle line will also appear continuous.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	middle line
释义	middle linen. Brit. /ˈmɪdl ˌlʌɪn/, U.S. /ˈmɪd(ə)l ˌlaɪn/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: middle adj., line n.² Etymology: < middle adj. + line n.² Compare slightly earlier midline n. 1. a. A central line, an axis; spec. (Nautical) (in a shipwright's plan) a line dividing a ship down the middle (see quot. 1805); (Croquet) the line of hoops placed in the middle of the lawn. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > [noun] > shipbuilding > lines, sections, or elevations middle line?c1400 sweep1627 lines1680 touch1711 waterline1750 station1754 sheer-draught1769 body plan1781 sheer-line1797 sheer-plan1797 touchline1797 water plane1798 centreline1806 buttock line1816 crown1830 scrieve1830 top-breadth line1846 wave-line1846 floor-plan1867 ?c1400 in J. O. Halliwell Rara Mathematica (1839) 58 Come toward and go froward til þe perpendicle..falle vpon þe mydel lyne of þe quadrant. 1685 H. More Paralipomena Prophetica xxxi. 281 The middle line, viz. that which is punctulated drawn through the midst of this walk. 1711 W. Sutherland Ship-builders Assistant 46 To make the side Lines and middle Lines of the Decks out of winding one with another. 1805 Shipwright's Vade-mecum 117 Middle line, a line dividing the ship exactly in the middle. In the horizontal..plan, it is a right line bisecting the ship from the stem to the stern-post; and, in the..body-plan, it is a perpendicular line bisecting the ship from the keel to the height of the top of the side. 1821 W. M. Craig Lect. Drawing 351 In the same way you will get the middle line of the mouth. 1838 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 1 96/1 Marking the middle line, or axis of the road, by stakes or pickets, placed at equal intervals apart. 1848 T. White Ship Building 39 The upper works usually incline towards the middle line, or as it is termed ‘tumble home’. 1866 Croquet: Implem. & Laws 9 Place in the centre of the ground on the middle line. 1897 H. P. Hedges Hist. East-Hampton 182 Southampton ran a middle line from its east bounds,..and made therefrom a Great North and South Division. 1927 Dict. National Biogr. 1912–21 29/2 His ‘protected’ cruisers..were the first of a powerfully armed type of swift vessels protected from end to end by a strong deck, below water at the sides of the ship, but above water at the middle line. †b. The meridian (or its continuation below the horizon). Also: an equator, spec. the celestial equator or equinoctial. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > celestial sphere > circle of celestial sphere > [noun] > great circle > celestial equator equinoctialc1386 equatorc1400 weigherc1400 middle line1595 mid-circle1675 celestial equator1875 the world > the universe > celestial sphere > circle of celestial sphere > [noun] > great circle > hour circle > meridian meridian1594 mid-heaven1594 middle line1595 1595 G. Markham Most Honorable Trag. Sir R. Grinuile sig. E7^v And now the night grew neere her middle line. 1597 T. Middleton Wisdome of Solomon Paraphr. xvii The sun not past the middle line of course, Did cleerely shine. a1609 J. Dennys Secrets of Angling (1613) i. iv. sig. B1^v Of Heauen the middle Line, That makes of equall length both day and night. 1625 N. Carpenter Geogr. Delineated i. iii. 60 The Magnet..is separated or diuided by a middle line or Æquator. 1661 T. Ross tr. Silius Italicus Second Punick War xiii. 369 When the dewy Night hath made Her course beyond her middle Line, then bring Th'aforesaid Victims to the Stygian King. 1737 H. Baker Medulla Poetarum Romanorum I. 319 Bright Phoebus..from his Zenith vertically shines:..The Rays descend direct... Here equally the middle Line is found, To cut the radiant Zodiac in it's Round. 2. A course or state between two extremes; a middle way. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > absence of prejudice > [noun] > middle course middle way?c1225 midwayc1451 golden mean1541 middle course1579 mid-course1603 middle path1606 third way1638 midstream1670 middle line1692 middle road1759 mid-ground1825 juste milieu1831 via media1834 middle ground1961 1692 J. Dryden Eleonora in Wks. (1885) XI. 130 As all virtues keep the middle line, Yet somewhat more to one extreme incline. 1775 E. Burke Speech Amer. Taxation 37 An Administration, that, having no scheme of their own, took a middle line. 1874 T. Hardy Far from Madding Crowd I. i. 9 Gabriel's features adhered throughout their form..exactly to the middle line between the beauty of St. John and the ugliness of Judas Iscariot. 1902 W. James Varieties Relig. Experience xiv–xv. 339 The conduct we blame ourselves for not following lies nearer to the middle line of human effort. 1909 Daily Chron. 12 Jan. 6/3 Associated with art, Sir Hubert placed the Philistine in the middle line of intelligence. 1995 L. Garrett Coming Plague (new ed.) xi. 331 Essex would continue walking a middle line, finding antibody evidence that 10 to 12 percent of people with AIDS were also infected with HTLV-I, but constantly underscoring that ‘we certainly don't have any proof that this agent causes AIDS.’ 3. Anatomy. = midline n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > [noun] > mid-line middle line1797 midline1868 1797 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 398/2 Draw a line in the body plan parallel to the middle line, at a distance equal to the half of what the stem is sided. 1858 H. Gray Anat. 462 Along the middle line [of the corpus callosum] is a linear depression, the raphe. 1872 T. H. Huxley Lessons Elem. Physiol. (ed. 6) vii. 174 A limb is..abducted when it is drawn away from the middle line. 1939 T. L. Green Pract. Animal Biol. i. 176 These muscles meet in the middle line and cover the trachea. 1953 D. A. Bannerman Birds West & Equatorial Afr. II. 847 In the White-breasted Akalat (I. rufipennis) the throat and middle line of the belly are white. 1961 J. Stubblefield Davies's Introd. Palaeontol. (ed. 3) v. 133 It is attached to the ventral surface of the body by a joint called the protopodite, from which a feeble process projects towards the middle line. 4. The middle of three or more lines. ΚΠ 1806 J. W. Callcott Musical Gram. 9 When the C Clef is placed so that the two cross strokes enclose the middle Line, it is called the Counter Tenor or Viola Clef. 1885 Cent. Mag. Feb. 599 (caption) The center of the Federal left on the middle line of defense..was called by the Confederates ‘The Hornets' Nest’. 1992 Sci. Amer. May 87/2 (caption) The leftmost line will appear complete. The middle line will also appear continuous. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?c1400
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