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interlinear
CIDE DICTIONARY
interlinear, a. [Cf. LL. interlinearis, F. interlinéaire.].
Contained between lines; written or inserted between lines already written or printed; containing interlineations; as, an interlinear manuscript, translation, etc. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
interlinear, adj. written or printed between the lines of a text.
Etymology
ME f. med.L interlinearis (as INTER-, LINEAR)
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