interline

English

Etymology

From inter- +‎ line.

Pronunciation

• (adjective) IPA^(key): /ˈɪntə(ɹ)ˌlaɪn/

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• (verb) IPA^(key): /ˌɪntə(ɹ)ˈlaɪn/

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Adjective

interline (not comparable)

1. Between lines.
   • 1986, Second International Conference on Simulators: 7-11 September 1986, IEEE, page 145:

     Interline twitter occurs on interlaced displays at half the field-rate.

2. (transport) Between (or with) two airlines.

   American Airlines and British Airways have an interline agreement to handle each other's baggage and to accept each other's tickets.

   I had an interline connection from Delta to AA in Dallas/Ft. Worth.

See also

• offline

Verb

interline (third-person singular simple present interlines, present participle interlining, simple past and past participle interlined)

1. To write or insert between lines already written or printed, as for addition or correction.

   to interline a page or a book

   • 1733, [Jonathan Swift], On Poetry: A Rapsody, Dublin, London: […] [R. Fleming] [a]nd sold by J. Huggonson, […], →OCLC, pages 7–8, lines 85–90:

     Then riſing with Aurora’s Light, / The Muse invok’d, ſit down to write; / Blot out, correct, inſert, refine, / Enlarge, diminiſh, interline; / Be mindful, when Invention fails, / To ſcratch your Head, and bite your Nails.

2. To arrange in alternate lines.
   • 1693, [John Locke], “§159”, in Some Thoughts Concerning Education, London: […] A[wnsham] and J[ohn] Churchill, […], →OCLC, page 199:

     When by this way of interlining Latin and Englisſh one with another, he has got a moderate Knowledge of the Latin Tongue, he may then be advanc'd a little farther to the reading of ſome other eaſie Latin Book, […]

3. To imprint or mark with lines.
   • c. 1600 (date written; first published 1657), attributed to Thomas Dekker, John Day, William Houghton, Lust’s Dominion: Or, The Lascivious Queen. A Tragedie, London: […] J. Chappell, Jun. […], published 1818, →OCLC, Act I, scene i, page 3:

     For each contracted frown, / A crooked wrinkle interlines my brow: / Spend but one hour in frowns, and I shall look / Like to a beldam of one hundred years.

Translations

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• Irish: ^{(please verify)} idirlínigh

Latin

Verb

interline

1. second-person singular present active imperative of interlinō