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41Line-crossing ceremony — U.S. Sailors and Marines participate in a line crossing ceremony aboard USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) as the ship passes the Equator May 16, 2008. It has been a long naval tradition to initiate pollywogs, sailors who have never crossed the Equator,… …
42equinoctial — [ˌi:kwɪ nɒkʃ(ə)l, ˌɛkwɪ ] adjective 1》 relating to or at the time of the equinox. 2》 at or near the equator. noun (also equinoctial line) another term for celestial equator …
43line — line1 [līn] n. [ME merging OE, a cord, with OFr ligne (both < L linea, lit., linen thread, n. use of fem. of lineus, of flax < linum, flax)] 1. a) a cord, rope, wire, string, or the like b) a long, fine, strong cord with a hook, sinker,… …
44line-storm — lineˈ storm noun (US) An equinoctial storm • • • Main Entry: ↑line …
45line storm — ☆ line storm n. EQUINOCTIAL (n. 2) * * * …
46line storm — ☆ line storm n. EQUINOCTIAL (n. 2) …
47line storm — noun a violent rainstorm near the time of an equinox • Syn: ↑equinoctial storm • Hypernyms: ↑rainstorm * * * noun chiefly New England : an equinoctial storm * * * line storm, a storm or gale occurring at or near an equinox; …
48Mason and Dixon's line — Line Line, n. [OE. line, AS. l[=i]ne cable, hawser, prob. from L. linea a linen thread, string, line, fr. linum flax, thread, linen, cable; but the English word was influenced by F. ligne line, from the same L. word linea. See {Linen}.] 1. A… …
49Mason-Dixon line — Line Line, n. [OE. line, AS. l[=i]ne cable, hawser, prob. from L. linea a linen thread, string, line, fr. linum flax, thread, linen, cable; but the English word was influenced by F. ligne line, from the same L. word linea. See {Linen}.] 1. A… …
50On the line — Line Line, n. [OE. line, AS. l[=i]ne cable, hawser, prob. from L. linea a linen thread, string, line, fr. linum flax, thread, linen, cable; but the English word was influenced by F. ligne line, from the same L. word linea. See {Linen}.] 1. A… …
