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TRANSLUCENT |
Sheer |
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UTTER |
Sheer |
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TRANSPARENT |
Sheer |
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STEEP |
Sheer |
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VOILE |
Sheer fabric |
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NYLONS |
Sheer hosiery |
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SHEERED |
Of Sheer |
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SHEERING |
Of Sheer |
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ORGANZA |
Sheer silk fabric |
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CHIFFON |
Sheer silk fabric |
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MAIN |
Unqualified; absolute; entire; sheer. |
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SHEAR |
To deviate. See Sheer. |
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PERPENDICULAR |
Sheer crazy under a clipper! |
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PURE |
Sheer pleasure, in the extreme |
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STARK |
Mere; sheer; gross; entire; downright. |
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REHEARSE |
Practise with listener inside? Sheer madness! |
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BEARING |
The widest part of a vessel below the plank-sheer. |
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BERTHING |
The planking outside of a vessel, above the sheer strake. |
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SNY |
An upward bend in a piece of timber; the sheer of a vessel. |
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SHEER |
Very thin or transparent; -- applied to fabrics; as,
sheer muslin. |
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STRING |
An inside range of ceiling planks, corresponding to the
sheer strake on the outside and bolted to it. |
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DRIFTPIECE |
An upright or curved piece of timber connecting the
plank sheer with the gunwale; also, a scroll terminating a rail. |
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DRIFT |
The place in a deep-waisted vessel where the sheer is raised
and the rail is cut off, and usually terminated with a scroll, or
driftpiece. |
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QUICKEN |
To shorten the radius of (a curve); to make (a curve)
sharper; as, to quicken the sheer, that is, to make its curve more
pronounced. |
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SURFBOAT |
A boat intended for use in heavy surf. It is built with a
pronounced sheer, and with a view to resist the shock of waves and of
contact with the beach. |