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[ oh-ver-lahyn ] / ˈoʊ vərˌlaɪn /
noun Printing, Journalism.a cutline, usually of one line, appearing over a picture, cartoon, etc. kicker (def. 10). Origin of overlineFirst recorded in 1850–55; over- + line1 Words nearby overlineoverleaf, overleap, overlearn, overleverage, overlie, overline, overlive, overload, overlong, overlook, overlooker Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for overlineThere are also some characters with a macron or overline (straight line) above them. Cooking and Dining in Imperial Rome|Apicius There are also a few Greek words in the Index, and a handful of letters with overline or macron, such as . Early English Alliterative Poems|Various The overline never occurs in a partial line, as at paragraph-end. A Treatise of the Cohabitation Of the Faithful with the Unfaithful|Peter Martyr Now take of the icing sugar and fill your paper funnel as if for cake icing, and overline the pencil marks you made on the stone. One Thousand Secrets of Wise and Rich Men Revealed|C. A. Bogardus
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