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FOUR |
Two down? One more to get a quartet! |
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WRESTLE |
A struggle between two persons to see which will throw the
other down; a bout at wrestling; a wrestling match; a struggle. |
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DOCK |
The slip or water way extending between two piers or
projecting wharves, for the reception of ships; -- sometimes including
the piers themselves; as, to be down on the dock. |
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LANDAU |
A four-wheeled covered vehicle, the top of which is divided
into two sections which can be let down, or thrown back, in such a
manner as to make an open carriage. |
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DIGASTRIC |
Having two bellies; biventral; -- applied to muscles
which are fleshy at each end and have a tendon in the middle, and esp.
to the muscle which pulls down the lower jaw. |
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JAR |
In deep well boring, a device resembling two long chain links,
for connecting a percussion drill to the rod or rope which works it, so
that the... |
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SPARE |
... after
having knocked all the pins down in less than three bowls. If all the
pins are knocked down in one bowl it is a double spare; in two bowl... |
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MARTINGAL |
...een his
fore legs, and fastened to the bit, or now more commonly ending in two
rings, through which the reins pass. It is intended to hold down ... |
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RIVET |
A metallic pin with a head, used for uniting two plates or
pieces of material together, by passing it through them and then
beating or pressing... |
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MANGROVE |
The name of one or two trees of the genus Rhizophora (R.
Mangle, and R. mucronata, the last doubtfully distinct) inhabiting
muddy shores of tro... |
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CATHETOMETER |
...ll
differences of height; esp. of the differences in the height of the
upper surfaces of two columns of mercury or other fluid, or of the same
... |