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111To strike work — Strike Strike, v. t. [imp. {Struck}; p. p. {Struck}, {Stricken}({Stroock}, {Strucken}, Obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. {Striking}. Struck is more commonly used in the p. p. than stricken.] [OE. striken to strike, proceed, flow, AS. str[=i]can to go,… …
112find — v 1. come upon or across, chance upon, happen upon, light upon, hit upon, stumble on or upon; run into, bump into, fall on or upon, meet with, encounter, experience. 2. earn, win, gain, get, procure, acquire, obtain, reach, attain, succeed. 3.… …
113fortune — [n1] wealth, possessions affluence, capital, estate, gold mine*, inheritance, opulence, portion, property, prosperity, resources, riches, substance, treasure, worth; concepts 335,710 Ant. hardship, misfortune, poverty fortune [n2] fate, lot in… …
114hazard — [n1] danger double trouble*, dynamite, endangerment, hot potato*, imperilment, jeopardy, peril, risk, risky business*, thin ice*, threat; concept 675 Ant. protection, safeguard, safety hazard [n2] luck, chance accident, adventure, coincidence,… …
115HMS Lion (1910) — HMS Lion was a battlecruiser of the Royal Navy launched in 1910, the lead ship of her class (known as the Splendid Cats ). She was originally constructed with her foremast and spotting top behind her forefunnel; the heat and fumes made access to… …
116USS Spot (SS-413) — Career (United States) …
117success — n. 1. Issue, result. 2. Prosperity, luck, good fortune, good luck, lucky hit, fortunate hit, prosperous issue …
118John Suckling (poet) — Sir John Suckling (February 10 1609 ndash; June 1 1642) was an English Cavalier poet whose best known poem may be Ballad Upon a Wedding . He is well known as a Carpe Diem or Cavalier poet, and also as the supposed inventor of the card game… …
119Chain Home — Radar Coverage 1939 1940 Chain Home was the codename for the ring of coastal Early Warning radar stations built by the British before and during the Second World War. The system otherwise known as AMES Type 1 (Air Ministry Experimental Station)… …
120Magazine (artillery) — Not to be confused with Magazine (firearms). Colonial Williamsburg magazine of the eighteenth century in Virginia, USA. Magazine is the name for an item or place within which ammunition is stored. It is taken from the Arabic word makahazin… …
