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[ oh-ver-lahyn ]

noun

, Printing, Journalism.

1. a cutline, usually of one line, appearing over a picture, cartoon, etc.
2. kicker ( def 10 ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of overline¹

First recorded in 1850–55; over- + line ¹

Example Sentences

There are also a few Greek words in the Index, and a handful of letters with overline or macron, such as .

From Project Gutenberg

The overline never occurs in a partial line, as at paragraph-end.

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Some vowels were written with an overline—here shown as a tilde—representing a following nasal (m or n).

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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.

From Project Gutenberg

There are also some characters with a macron or overline (straight line) above them.

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