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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Mason-Dixon line, Mason and Dixon line, Mason and Dixon's linenoun

    the boundary between Maryland and Pennsylvania; symbolic dividing line between North and South before the American Civil War

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  1. mason and dixon's line

    Mason and Dixon's Line is a boundary that was surveyed between 1763 and 1767 by Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon to resolve a border dispute between British colonies in Colonial America. It is commonly known as the southern border of Pennsylvania, separating it from Maryland and West Virginia (which was part of Virginia until 1863). The line later became symbolically recognized as the cultural boundary between the Northern and Southern regions of the United States, particularly regarding the issue of slavery prior to the Civil War.

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. Mason and Dixon's Line

    so called after English engineers who surveyed it 1764-67; is the boundary separating Maryland from Pennsylvania and Delaware; during the Civil War it was inaccurately regarded as dividing the slave-holding from the free States, Maryland and Delaware both recognising slavery.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of mason and dixon's line in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of mason and dixon's line in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

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