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cross⋅line

[kraws-lahyn, kros-]
–noun
1. a line crossing another line or connecting two separated points: The main lines are linked at intervals by crosslines.
2. Journalism. a headline or bank consisting of a single line running across a column of type, usually centered and sometimes full width.
–adjective
3. of or pertaining to the offspring produced by crossbreeding two linebred individuals.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME. See cross-, line 1
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