MASON AND DIXON'S LINE
\mˈe͡ɪsən and dˈɪksənz lˈa͡ɪn], \mˈeɪsən and dˈɪksənz lˈaɪn], \m_ˈeɪ_s_ə_n a_n_d d_ˈɪ_k_s_ə_n_z l_ˈaɪ_n]\
Definitions of MASON AND DIXON'S LINE
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the boundary between Maryland and Pennsylvania; symbolic dividing line between North and South before the Civil War
By Princeton University
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the boundary between Maryland and Pennsylvania; symbolic dividing line between North and South before the Civil War
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The boundary line between Pennsylvania and Maryland, so called from the names of the two English surveyors, Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon, who were employed by William Penn and Lord Baltimore to mark it off in 1766, after the settlement of the case of Penn vs. Baltimore. Mason and Dixon marked the line with boundary posts, having on one side the arms of Penn and on the other those of Baltimore. The line was famous as the line between free States and slave States.
By John Franklin Jameson
