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  2. Glossary of ice hockey terms - Wikipedia

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    Also trapper or catching glove. The webbed glove that the goaltender wears on the hand opposite the hand that holds the stick. centre Also center. A forward position whose primary zone of play is the middle of the ice. change on the fly Substituting a player from the bench during live play, i.e. not during a stoppage prior to a faceoff. charging The act of taking more than three strides or ...

  3. Glossary of Australian rules football - Wikipedia

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    By formal definition, contacting the football with any part of a player's leg below the knee is considered a kick. [3] Kick-in: (or sometimes kick-out) the return of the ball back into play after a behind has been scored. [15] Kicking in danger: swinging one's leg to kick the ball when an opponent has either their hand or head near the ball.

  4. Retard (pejorative) - Wikipedia

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    The word retard dates as far back as 1426. It stems from the Latin verb retardare, meaning 'to hinder' or 'make slow'.The English language, along with other European ones, adopted the word and used it as similar meaning, slow and delayed.

  5. List of established military terms - Wikipedia

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    Fighting withdrawal: pulling back military forces while maintaining contact with the enemy. File: a single column of soldiers. Fire in the hole; Flanking maneuver: to attack an enemy or an enemy unit from the side, or to maneuver to do so.

  6. Glossary of equestrian terms - Wikipedia

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    References A ace Slang for the drug acepromazine or acetyl promazine (trade names Atravet or Acezine), which is a sedative : 3 commonly used on horses during veterinary treatment, but also illegal in the show ring. Also abbreviated ACP. action The way a horse elevates its legs, knees, hock, and feet. : 3 Also includes how the horse uses its shoulder, humerus, elbow, and stifle; most often used ...

  7. Retable - Wikipedia

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    According to the Getty Art & Architecture Thesaurus Online, "A 'retable' is distinct from a 'reredos'; while the reredos typically rises from ground level behind the altar, the retable is smaller, standing either on the back of the altar itself or on a pedestal behind it. Many altars have both a reredos and a retable."

  8. The scariest word in economics is back: Morning Brief

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    A risk of recession is back in the conversation. And Wall Street, fresh off the president’s joint address to Congress , is eying S&P 5,500 as well as S&P 6,000.

  9. Dossal - Wikipedia

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    Dossal remains the usual term for an ornamental cloth suspended behind an altar, [3] probably attached to the wall behind. This is often called a dossal curtain , and altar screen is also sometimes used as a synonym for a cloth dossal, [ 4 ] as well as, more dubiously, for wood or stone screens in various locations in the sanctuary.