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In engineering, a boss is a protruding feature on a workpiece. [1] A common use for a boss is to locate one object within a pocket or hole of another object. For instance, some motors use a precisely machined boss on the front face to locate it on the mating part.
The Eastern Shore of Maryland comprises Caroline, Cecil, Dorchester, Kent, Queen Anne's, Somerset, Talbot, Wicomico, and Worcester counties. [2] These lie on the eastern side of the Chesapeake Bay and Susquehanna River , which is the western border of Cecil County with Harford County .
Craigslist has provided people on all sides of prostitution -- solo prostitutes, pimps, law enforcement, and customers -- a clearinghouse to advertise and connect. Attorneys General from across ...
A boatswain (/ ˈ b oʊ s ən / BOH-sən, formerly and dialectally also / ˈ b oʊ t s w eɪ n / BOHT-swayn), bo's'n, bos'n, or bosun, also known as a deck boss, or a qualified member of the deck department, is the most senior rate of the deck department and is responsible for the components of a ship's hull.
As of 2006, Boss Hoss has sold over 4,000 vehicles. [4] Boss Hoss motorcycles' and tricycles' mass has a vibration damping effect, which combined with having eight engine cylinders and the very tall gears of the semi-automatic transmission results in what has been described as "vibration-free acceleration". [5] [6] [7]
A UFO 34 an example of a masthead-rigged yacht. A masthead rig on a sailing vessel consists of a forestay and backstay both attached at the top of the mast. [1] The Bermuda rig can be split into two groups: the masthead rig and the fractional rig. The masthead rig has larger and more headsails, and a smaller mainsail, compared to the fractional ...
The Bay Coast Railroad (reporting mark BCR) was a Class III short-line railroad that ran trains on the 96-mile (154 km) former New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk Railroad line on the Delmarva Peninsula between Pocomoke City, Maryland, and Norfolk, Virginia, interchanging with the Norfolk Southern Railway (NSR) at both ends.
The jury mast knot (or masthead knot) is traditionally presented as to be used for jury rigging a temporary mast on a sailboat or ship after the original one has been lost; some authors claim a use for derrick poles --but there is no good evidence for actual use.