interline
verb/ˌɪntə(ɹ)ˈlaɪn/
Etymology From inter- + line.
1
To write or insert between lines already written or printed, as for addition or correction.
- to interline a page or a book
- 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.1733, [Jonathan Swift], On Poetry: A Rapsody, Dublin; London: […] [R. Fleming] [a]nd sold by J. Huggonson, […], →OCLC, pages 7–8, lines 85–90:
2
To arrange in alternate lines.
- 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, […]1693, [John Locke], “§159”, in Some Thoughts Concerning Education, London: […] A[wnsham] and J[ohn] Churchill, […], →OCLC, page 199:
3
To imprint or mark with lines.
- 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.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: