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TON |
20 cwt |
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FIFTH |
20 percent |
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SCORE |
Group of 20 |
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TWENTY |
A symbol representing twenty units, as 20, or xx. |
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HAMITE |
A descendant of Ham, Noah's second son. See Gen. x. 6-20. |
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ZWANZIGER |
An Austrian silver coin equivalent to 20 kreutzers, or
about 10 cents. |
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MINUTE |
The sixtieth part of a degree; sixty seconds (Marked thus
('); as, 10¡ 20'). |
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FLOREAL |
The eight month of the French republican calendar. It
began April 20, and ended May 19. See Vendemiare. |
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FRIMAIRE |
The third month of the French republican calendar. It
commenced November 21, and ended December 20., See Vendemiaire. |
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PLUVIOSE |
The fifth month of the French republican calendar adopted
in 1793. It began January 20, and ended February 18. See Vendemiaire. |
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FODDER |
A weight by which lead and some other metals were formerly
sold, in England, varying from 19/ to 24 cwt.; a fother. |
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RUNDLET |
A small barrel of no certain dimensions. It may contain
from 3 to 20 gallons, but it usually holds about 14/ gallons. |
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KEEL |
A barge or lighter, used on the Type for carrying coal from
Newcastle; also, a barge load of coal, twenty-one tons, four cwt. |
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VENTOSE |
The sixth month of the calendar adopted by the first
French republic. It began February 19, and ended March 20. See
Vend/miaire. |
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LIVRE |
A French money of account, afterward a silver coin equal to
20 sous. It is not now in use, having been superseded by the franc. |
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TUB |
The amount which a tub contains, as a measure of quantity; as,
a tub of butter; a tub of camphor, which is about 1 cwt., etc. |
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PRAIRIAL |
The ninth month of the French Republican calendar, which
dated from September 22, 1792. It began May, 20, and ended June 18. See
Vendemiaire. |
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TOURNOIS |
A former French money of account worth 20 sous, or a
franc. It was thus called in distinction from the Paris livre, which
contained 25 sous. |
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EVECTION |
... and increased at the quadratures by about
1¡ 20'. ... |
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CROWN |
...
denomination of money; as, the English crown, a silver coin of the
value of five shillings sterling, or a little more than $1.20; the
Danish... |
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DUTY |
The efficiency of an engine, especially a steam pumping
engine, as measured by work done by a certain quantity of fuel;
usually, the number of ... |
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BLACK HOLE |
...by
the nabob Suraja Dowla on the night of June 20, 17656, and in which 123
of the prisoners died before morning from lack of air. ... |
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NASAL |
...nants m, n, ng (see Guide
to Pronunciation, // 20, 208); characterized by resonance in the nasal
passage; as, a nasal vowel; a nasal utterance. ... |
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ABERRATION |
...mounting when
greatest, in the former case, to 20.4'', and in the latter, to 0.3''.
Planetary aberration is that due to the motion of light and ... |
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LAST |
...ing 100 lbs;
of red herrings, twenty cades, or 20,000; of hides, twelve dozen; of
leather, twenty dickers; of pitch and tar, fourteen barrels; o... |