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1n. pl. — Obs.
the outer limit of a town; the open area at the edge of a town.
Quotations
1972
After church we repaired to the lines with Mr. Talbot. . . .
2n. pl. — Obs.
the strips of settlement in the back country.
Quotations
1811
A grant was made by the Provincial Parliament, three or four years ago, to enable a number of persons to open a Turnpike Road from St. John to Pike River and through St. Armand to the Lines.
1816
[There was not] another Methodist preacher in the whole province, save good old Mr. M'Coll, who, living upon the lines, seldom or never quitted his mission. . . .
1822
. . . he had excellent plaster upon his lot, [so] it would be easy for him, when he had nothing else to do, to build a vessel which would carry it to the Lines.
3n. pl. — Hist.
the border between Canada and the United States.
See: line ((n.))(def. 2)
Quotations
1870
On the 25th of May the Fenians . . . crossed the lines . . . and attempted to effect a lodgement near Pigeon Hill. . . .
1922
. . . Prevost states . . . it being near the lines, they could defend the frontier in case of future attack.