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TERRAFIRMA |
Solid earth |
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FIRMA |
Solid earth, terra ... |
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QUAKE |
To shake, vibrate, or quiver, either from not being
solid, as soft, wet land, or from violent convulsion of any kind; as,
the earth quakes; the mountains quake. |
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LAND |
The solid part of the surface of the earth; -- opposed to
water as constituting a part of such surface, especially to oceans and
seas; as, to sight land after a long voyage. |
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DYNAMITE |
An explosive substance consisting of nitroglycerin
absorbed by some inert, porous solid, as infusorial earth, sawdust,
etc. It is safer than ni... |
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SURFACE |
The exterior part of anything that has length and breadth;
one of the limits that bound a solid, esp. the upper face; superficies;
the outside;... |
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COAL |
A black, or brownish black, solid, combustible substance, dug
from beds or veins in the earth to be used for fuel, and consisting,
like charcoa... |
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ROTATION |
The act of turning, as a wheel or a solid body on its
axis, as distinguished from the progressive motion of a revolving round
another body or a... |
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LIBRATION POINT |
...pproximately equal, and in opposite directions. A solid object moving
in the same velocity and direction as such a libration point will
remain i... |