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Next morning, under sealed orders, the train crossed the demarkation line at Moulins.

From Time Magazine Archive

The prolongation of the south-western line towards the north until it reaches the base at the foot of Mount Cithæron, served as the line of demarkation between the Athenian territory and the State of Megara.

From Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles by Cocker, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin)

If this be the line of demarkation, we can and will remove it.

From Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence The Best Speeches Delivered by the Negro from the days of Slavery to the Present Time by Dunbar-Nelson, Alice Moore

A line of demarkation in such a case is distinctly drawn between the diseased and the healthy flesh.

From The Kentuckian in New-York, Volume I (of 2) or, The Adventures of Three Southerns by Caruthers, William Alexander

The bushes flying by were clearly outlined now, and he fancied he could already see the river’s line of demarkation.

From The Night Riders A Romance of Early Montana by Cullum, Ridgwell