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  • 121gain — gain1 gainable, adj. /gayn/, v.t. 1. to get (something desired), esp. as a result of one s efforts: to gain possession of an object; to gain permission to enter a country. 2. to acquire as an increase or addition: to gain weight; to gain speed. 3 …

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  • 122rebate — rebate1 rebatable, rebateable, adj. rebater, n. n. /ree bayt/; v. /ree bayt, ri bayt /, n., v., rebated, rebating. n. 1. a return of part of the original payment for some service or merchandise; partial refund. v.t. 2. to allow as a discount …

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  • 123shiplap — /ship lap /, n. Carpentry. 1. an overlapping joint, as a rabbet, between two boards joined edge to edge. 2. boarding joined with such overlapping joints. See illus. under siding. [1850 55; SHIP + LAP2] * * * …

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  • 124shaft coupling — ▪ machine part       in machinery, a device for providing a connection, readily broken and restored, between two adjacent rotating shafts. A coupling may provide either a rigid or a flexible connection; the flexibility may permit misalignment of… …

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  • 125knighthead — noun a) A mitred backing timber which extends the after line of the rabbet in the stem to give extra support to the ends of the planks and the bowsprit. b) A bollard or bitt …

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  • 126fillister — noun A rabbet / rebate for holding a sash window …

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  • 127rebate plane — noun a hand plane designed for cutting rebates in wood Syn: rabbet plane …

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  • 128omni- — ♦ Élément, du lat. omnis « tout ». omni élément, du lat. omnis, tout . ⇒OMNI , élém. formant Élém. tiré du lat. omnis «tout, chaque», entrant dans la constr. d un certain nombre d adj. ou de subst.; le 2e élém. est gén. un adj. ou un subst. fr.… …

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