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ENTRIES |
Gates |
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SLUICE |
Weir (gates) |
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GATED |
Having gates. |
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PORTED |
Having gates. |
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PETER |
Pearly Gates saint |
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ENTRANCES |
Bewitches at the gates |
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BILLBOARD |
2 Gates sounds uninterested in hoarding |
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SENTRIES |
Those on watch at the southern gates |
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TAIL-BAY |
The part of a canal lock below the lower gates. |
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WINDOWSHOP |
Just gaze through the glass at Gates’ creation with endless hope |
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GATE |
To punish by requiring to be within the gates at an
earlier hour than usual. |
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FENCE |
A projection on the bolt, which passes through the tumbler
gates in locking and unlocking. |
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SILL |
A piece of timber across the bottom of a canal lock for the
gates to shut against. |
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PADDLE |
A small gate in sluices or lock gates to admit or let
off water; -- also called clough. |
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APRON |
A platform, or flooring of plank, at the entrance of a dock,
against which the dock gates are shut. |
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CURTAIN |
That part of the rampart and parapet which is between two
bastions or two gates. See Illustrations of Ravelin and Bastion. |
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STORM |
To assault; to attack, and attempt to take, by scaling
walls, forcing gates, breaches, or the like; as, to storm a fortified
town. |
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LOCK |
An inclosure in a canal with gates at each end, used in
raising or lowering boats as they pass from one level to another; --
called also lift lock. |
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DOCK |
An artificial basin or an inclosure in connection with a
harbor or river, -- used for the reception of vessels, and provided
with gates for keeping in or shutting out the tide. |
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BAY |
A small body of water set off from the main body; as a
compartment containing water for a wheel; the portion of a canal just
outside of the gates of a lock, etc. |
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HURDLE |
...es and
stakes, or sometimes of iron, used for inclosing land, for folding
sheep and cattle, for gates, etc.; also, in fortification, used as
... |
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PETARD |
...onical or
cylindrical case of metal filled with powder and attached to a plank,
to be exploded against and break down gates, barricades, drawbri... |
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STUMP |
A pin in a tumbler lock which forms an obstruction to
throwing the bolt, except when the gates of the tumblers are properly
arranged, as by the... |
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GREENCLOTH |
...ce, which extends two hundred yards
beyond the gates. ... |