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YARD |
Three feet |
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TRIPEDAL |
Having three feet. |
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YARDARM |
Mast cross-beam made with three feet and another limb |
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TRIPODY |
Three metrical feet taken together, or included in one
measure. |
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TRIPOD |
Any utensil or vessel, as a stool, table, altar, caldron,
etc., supported on three feet. |
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YARDSTICK |
A stick three feet, or a yard, in length, used as a
measure of cloth, etc. |
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EURYPTERUS |
A genus of extinct Merostomata, found in Silurian
rocks. Some of the species are more than three feet long. |
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CAT |
A double tripod (for holding a plate, etc.), having six feet,
of which three rest on the ground, in whatever position in is placed. |
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CANDELABRUM |
A highly ornamented stand of marble or other ponderous
material, usually having three feet, -- frequently a votive offering to
a temple. |
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WIDE |
Of a certain measure between the sides; measuring in a
direction at right angles to that of length; as, a table three feet
wide. |
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TAYRA |
A South American carnivore (Galera barbara) allied to the
grison. The tail is long and thick. The length, including the tail, is
about three feet. |
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TRIUNGULUS |
The active young larva of any oil beetle. It has feet
armed with three claws, and is parasitic on bees. See Illust. of Oil
beetle, under Oil. |
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PYROSOME |
Any compound ascidian of the genus Pyrosoma. The
pyrosomes form large hollow cylinders, sometimes two or three feet
long, which swim at the surface of the sea and are very phosphorescent. |
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BONITO |
A large tropical fish (Orcynus pelamys) allied to the
tunny. It is about three feet long, blue above, with four brown stripes
on the sides. It is sometimes found on the American coast. |
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CHIMPANZEE |
...Troglodytes niger) which approaches more nearly to man, in most
respects, than any other ape. When full grown, it is from three to four
feet hig... |
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WATER BAROMETER |
... pressure are indicated by the motion of a column of water instead of
mercury. It requires a column of water about thirty-three feet in
height.... |
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MACHETE |
A large heavy knife resembling a broadsword, often two or
three feet in length, -- used by the inhabitants of Spanish America as
a hatchet to c... |
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RAFFLESIA |
... (Rafflesia Arnoldi) having a diameter of two or three feet. ... |
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MEASURE |
...
certain length, breadth, or thickness, or a certain capacity according
to a standard measure; as, cloth measures three fourths of a yard; a
... |
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SNOWSHOE |
A slight frame of wood three or four feet long and about
one third as wide, with thongs or cords stretched across it, and having
a support and ... |
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CALTRAP |
An instrument with four iron points, so disposed that, any
three of them being on the ground, the other projects upward. They are
scattered on ... |
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STEP |
... in
walking or running; as, one step is generally about three feet, but may
be more or less. Used also figuratively of any kind of progress; as,... |
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GLASS-SNAKE |
...of
the Southern United States; -- so called from its fragility, the tail
easily breaking into small pieces. It grows to the length of three
f... |
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TEGUEXIN |
A large South American lizard (Tejus teguexin). It
becomes three or four feet long, and is blackish above, marked with
yellowish spots of vario... |
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CAPYBARA |
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Living on the margins of lakes and rivers. It is the largest extant
rodent, being about three feet long, and half that in height. It
som... |