The Imperial Dictionary of the English Language: A Complete Encyclopedic Lexicon, Literary, Scientific, and Technological, Volumen3Blackie & son; New-York, The Century Company, 1883 |
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... piece of rope or line used for fastening something in ships ; as , the lanyards of the gun - ports , of the buoy , of the cat - hook , & c .; but especially used to extend the shrouds and stays of the masts by their communi- cation with ...
... piece of rope or line used for fastening something in ships ; as , the lanyards of the gun - ports , of the buoy , of the cat - hook , & c .; but especially used to extend the shrouds and stays of the masts by their communi- cation with ...
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... piece joined on , a joining . ] 1. The thong or cord at the point of a whip ; any thong , cord , or the like for flogging ; a whip ; a scourge . I observed that your whip wanted a lash to it . Addison . 2. A stroke with a whip or ...
... piece joined on , a joining . ] 1. The thong or cord at the point of a whip ; any thong , cord , or the like for flogging ; a whip ; a scourge . I observed that your whip wanted a lash to it . Addison . 2. A stroke with a whip or ...
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... piece of work with a professor or tutor ; a profes- sorial or tutorial disquisition . Lecture ( lek'tür ) , v.t. pret . & pp . lectured ; ppr . lecturing . 1. To instruct by discourses . 2. To speak to dogmatically or authorita- tively ...
... piece of work with a professor or tutor ; a profes- sorial or tutorial disquisition . Lecture ( lek'tür ) , v.t. pret . & pp . lectured ; ppr . lecturing . 1. To instruct by discourses . 2. To speak to dogmatically or authorita- tively ...
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... pieces by flexible joints . - 7 . In a steam - engine , the link - motion . - 8 . A crook or winding of a river ... piece is the link , and is jointed near the extremities to the rods of two eccentrics , an inner and an outer . When ...
... pieces by flexible joints . - 7 . In a steam - engine , the link - motion . - 8 . A crook or winding of a river ... piece is the link , and is jointed near the extremities to the rods of two eccentrics , an inner and an outer . When ...
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... piece of land according to the descrip- tion given in an entry , plan , map , and the like . - 4 . In the United States , that which is located ; a tract of land designated or marked out in place . - 5 . In civil law , a leasing on rent ...
... piece of land according to the descrip- tion given in an entry , plan , map , and the like . - 4 . In the United States , that which is located ; a tract of land designated or marked out in place . - 5 . In civil law , a leasing on rent ...
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