See Also: ground-line(dictionary)
Ground Line - Golf(gambling)
Forward Line or Attacking Line - Ice Hockey(gambling)
Midfield Line or Center Line - Soccer(gambling)
MATTER(law)
matter(encyclopedia)
Matter(medicine)
matter(1)(dictionary)
matter(2)(dictionary)
subject matter(dictionary)

matter-of-fact (oh) and ground-line (iou)


matter-of-fact (oh)



adj
showing no emotion when you are talking about something exciting, frightening, upsetting etc
matter-of-fact about
::Jan was surprisingly matter-of-fact about her Divorce.
matter-of-fact voice/tone
::Use a matter-of-fact tone when disciplining your children.
-- matter-of-factly adv

ground-line (iou)



ground-line noun. LME.
[from GROUND noun + LINE noun2. Cf. Dutch grondlijn, German & Swedish grundlinie (in senses 2 and 3).]
A line used for bottom-fishing. Long rare or obsolete. LME.
a. Geometry. A line to which a perpendicular is drawn. M16-M17.
b. A line in a drawing, diagram, etc., that represents the ground or the horizon. M19.
In pl. Outlines, bases, foundations. E17.
The (actual or notional) line at the base of a jump from which a horse judges its take-off point. M20.