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  • 91Teras cinderella — Leaf Leaf (l[=e]f), n.; pl. {Leaves} (l[=e]vz). [OE. leef, lef, leaf, AS. le[ a]f; akin to S. l[=o]f, OFries. laf, D. loof foliage, G. laub, OHG. loub leaf, foliage, Icel. lauf, Sw. l[ o]f, Dan. l[ o]v, Goth. laufs; cf. Lith. lapas. Cf. {Lodge}.] …

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  • 92To turn over a new leaf — Leaf Leaf (l[=e]f), n.; pl. {Leaves} (l[=e]vz). [OE. leef, lef, leaf, AS. le[ a]f; akin to S. l[=o]f, OFries. laf, D. loof foliage, G. laub, OHG. loub leaf, foliage, Icel. lauf, Sw. l[ o]f, Dan. l[ o]v, Goth. laufs; cf. Lith. lapas. Cf. {Lodge}.] …

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  • 93seizing — noun Date: 14th century 1. a. the cord or lashing used in binding or fastening b. the fastening so made see knot illustration 2. the operation of fastening together or lashing with tarred small stuff …

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  • 94Permanent way — The permanent way means the physical elements of the railway line itself: generally the pairs of rails typically laid on sleepers embedded in ballast, intended to carry the ordinary trains of a railway. This page describes British practice and… …

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  • 95Nail gun — Pneumatic nail gun in use A nail gun, nailgun or nailer is a type of tool used to drive nails into wood or some other kind of material. It is usually driven by electromagnetism, compressed air (pneumatic), highly flammable gases such as butane or …

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  • 96Double-breasted — A grey striped six on one double breasted suit with jetted pockets, a style popular in the 1980s In clothing, the term double breasted refers to a coat or jacket with wide, overlapping front flaps and two parallel columns of buttons or snaps; by… …

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  • 971750-1795 in fashion — [ Charles Willson Peale, Philadelphia, 1772] Fashion in the period 1750 1795 in European and European influenced countries reached heights of fantasy and abundant ornamentation, especially among the aristocracy of France, before a long simmering… …

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  • 98Hasholme Logboat — is a late Iron Age boat (750 390 BC) discovered at Hasholme, an area of civil parish of Holme on Spalding Moor in the East Riding of the English county of Yorkshire.The boat was located and excavated at Hasholme, on the north bank of the River… …

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  • 99knot — knot1 knotless, adj. knotlike, adj. /not/, n., v., knotted, knotting. n. 1. an interlacing, twining, looping, etc., of a cord, rope, or the like, drawn tight into a knob or lump, for fastening, binding, or connecting two cords together or a cord… …

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  • 100tack — tack1 tacker, n. tackless, adj. /tak/, n. 1. a short, sharp pointed nail, usually with a flat, broad head. 2. Naut. a. a rope for extending the lower forward corner of a course. b. the lower forward corner of a course or fore and aft sail. See… …

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