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JUST A SECOND |
Hold it? It’s only Olympic silver |
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IGNITES |
Design it especially to hold lights |
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JUSTASECOND |
Hold it? It’s only Olympic silver |
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CABBAGE |
It’s very chic! ABBA gets to hold vegetable |
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HESITATE |
She ate it chopped up! Hold back a bit! |
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HASITATE |
She ate it chopped up! Hold back a bit! |
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PEAK |
The narrow part of a vessel's bow, or the hold within it. |
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ANCHOR-HOLD |
The hold or grip of an anchor, or that to which it
holds. |
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MUFF |
To handle awkwardly; to fumble; to fail to hold, as a
ball, in catching it. |
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DRAWING-ROOM |
The company assembled in such a room; also, a
reception of company in it; as, to hold a drawing-room. |
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PULLBACK |
The iron hook fixed to a casement to pull it shut, or to
hold it party open at a fixed point. |
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TAIL |
To hold by the end; -- said of a timber when it rests upon
a wall or other support; -- with in or into. |
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WINEGLASSFUL |
As much as a wineglass will hold; enough to fill a
wineglass. It is usually reckoned at two fluid ounces, or four
tablespoonfuls. |
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MANDREL |
A bar of metal inserted in the work to shape it, or to
hold it, as in a lathe, during the process of manufacture; an arbor. |
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CROSS-SPALL |
One of the temporary wooden braces, placed
horizontally across a frame to hold it in position until the deck beams
are in; a cross-pawl. |
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SLIP |
To slide; to lose one's footing or one's hold; not to tread
firmly; as, it is necessary to walk carefully lest the foot should
slip. |
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SATURATE |
To satisfy the affinity of; to cause to become inert
by chemical combination with all that it can hold; as, to saturate
phosphorus with chlorine. |
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CASK |
A barrel-shaped vessel made of staves headings, and hoops,
usually fitted together so as to hold liquids. It may be larger or
smaller than a barrel. |
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CLINCH |
To bend or turn over the point of (something that has
been driven through an object), so that it will hold fast; as, to
clinch a nail. |
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SATURATED |
Having its affinity satisfied; combined with all it can
hold; -- said of certain atoms, radicals, or compounds; thus, methane
is a saturated compound. Contrasted with unsaturated. |
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TABLESPOONFUL |
As much as a tablespoon will hold; enough to fill a
tablespoon. It is usually reckoned as one half of a fluid ounce, or
four fluid drams. |
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CLOSE-STOOL |
A utensil to hold a chamber vessel, for the use of the
sick and infirm. It is usually in the form of a box, with a seat and
tight cover. |
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CORONA |
A crown or circlet suspended from the roof or vaulting of
churches, to hold tapers lighted on solemn occasions. It is sometimes
formed of doubl... |
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CHARGE |
..., fuel,
etc., which any apparatus, as a gun, battery, furnace, machine, etc.,
is intended to receive and fitted to hold, or which is actually in... |
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JUSTIFICATION |
Adjustment of type by spacing it so as to make it
exactly fill a line, or of a cut so as to hold it in the right place;
also, the leads, quads, etc., used for making such adjustment. |