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  2. List of words having different meanings in American and ...

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    in use – of a toilet/bathroom stall (US: occupied; but the opposite is vacant in both); of a telephone line (US & UK also: busy), hence engaged tone (US: busy signal) committed; involved in something betrothed English of or pertaining to England the English language (adj.) the foot-pound-second system of units [citation needed] (UK: Imperial)

  3. Glossary of equestrian terms - Wikipedia

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    box stall (US) See loose box. boxwalking (UK) A behavior exhibited in horses left for long periods in a stall, where they repetitively walk around the confines of the stall. [18] See also weave. brand, branding Marking a horse (or other animal) by burning the skin with a hot iron, or alternatively with a frozen implement (called freeze branding ...

  4. Stall - Wikipedia

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    Restroom stall, an enclosure providing privacy to the user of a single toilet in a public restroom; Market stall, a makeshift or mobile structures for selling market goods or serving food; Choir stall, seating in a church for the choir; Stalls (theatre), the ground floor seats in a theatre/cinema (closer to or directly in front of the stage)

  5. Stall (fluid dynamics) - Wikipedia

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    In generic terms, a stick pusher is known as a stall identification device or stall identification system. [73] A stick shaker is a mechanical device that shakes the pilot's controls to warn of the onset of stall. A stall warning is an electronic or mechanical device that sounds an audible warning as the stall speed is approached. The majority ...

  6. Glossary of architecture - Wikipedia

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    A pillar boutant is a large chain or jamb of stone, made to support a wall, terrace, or vault. The word is French, and comes from the verb bouter, "to butt" or "abut". [4] Bracket (see also corbel) A weight-bearing member made of wood, stone, or metal that overhangs a wall. Bressummer

  7. Stable - Wikipedia

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    The word stable is also used metonymically to refer to the collection of horses that the building contains (for example, the college's stable includes a wide variety of breeds) and even, by extension, metaphorically to refer to a group of people—often (but not exclusively) athletes—trained, coached, supervised or managed by the same person ...

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  9. Food booth - Wikipedia

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    Food booth vendors cooking sausages at University District Street Fair, University District, Seattle, Washington A food booth – also called a food kiosk, food stand, food stall or temporary food service facility – is generally a temporary structure used to prepare and sell food to the general public, usually where large groups of people are situated outdoors in a park, at a parade, near a ...