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VISIBILITY |
Distance one can see |
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SPRINGTAIL |
...ing, thus enabling them to leap to a considerable distance. See
Collembola, and Podura. ... |
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KEDGE |
A small anchor used whenever a large one can be dispensed
witch. See Kedge, v. t., and Anchor, n. |
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LAP |
One circuit around a race track, esp. when the distance is a
small fraction of a mile; as, to run twenty laps; to win by three laps.
See Lap, to fold, 2. |
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GROPE |
To search or attempt to find something in the dark, or,
as a blind person, by feeling; to move about hesitatingly, as in
darkness or obscurity;... |
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INDENT |
To begin (a line or lines) at a greater or less distance
from the margin; as, to indent the first line of a paragraph one em; to
indent the sec... |
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BACKLASH |
The distance through which one part of connected
machinery, as a wheel, piston, or screw, can be moved without moving
the connected parts, resu... |
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COMET |
...in an
elongated orbit, approaching very near to the sun in its perihelion,
and receding to a very great distance from it at its aphelion. A come... |
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CRANE |
... and, while
holding them suspended, transporting them through a limited lateral
distance. In one form it consists of a projecting arm or jib of ... |
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MOON |
...The diameter of the moon is 2,160 miles, its mean distance
from the earth is 240,000 miles, and its mass is one eightieth that of
the earth. See... |
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GUN |
A weapon which throws or propels a missile to a distance; any
firearm or instrument for throwing projectiles by the explosion of
gunpowder, con... |
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BASTION |
... of one with the adjacent flank of the other. The distance between the
flanks of a bastion is called the gorge. A lunette is a detached
bastion.... |