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  2. Glossary of nautical terms (M–Z) - Wikipedia

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    Where the lines of the ship are drawn out full-size and the templates for the timber s are made. mousing Several turns of light line around the mouth of a hook, to prevent unhooking accidents. [2] mulie A barge rigged with a spritsail main, and a large gaff rigged mizzen afore the steering wheel. It is sheeted to the saddle chock. [2]

  3. Label 228 - Wikipedia

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    In its intended use, Label 228 is a Priority Mail address label, for use on domestic and international packages. [5] Photojournalist Martha Cooper first saw stickers used for graffiti in the 1980s, using commercial name tags. According to Cooper, graffiti artists switched to Priority Mail labels because of their large size, broad availability ...

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

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    item of street furniture serving as a receptacle for outgoing mail (UK: post box; letter box; pillar box); a receptacle for incoming paper mail (UK: letter box) main line: major railway line (as the West Coast Main Line); compare trunk: major vein (as for drug injection purposes) (orig. 1930s US slang); also used as a v.; main line stars

  5. Nomenclature - Wikipedia

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    Concrete nouns like "cabbage" refer to physical bodies that can be observed by at least one of the senses while abstract nouns, like "love" and "hate" refer to abstract objects. In English, many abstract nouns are formed by adding noun-forming suffixes ('-ness', '-ity', '-tion') to adjectives or verbs e.g. "happiness", "serenity", "concentration."

  6. American English vocabulary - Wikipedia

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    American English has always shown a marked tendency to use nouns as verbs. [13] Examples of verbed nouns are interview, advocate, vacuum, lobby, pressure, rear-end, transition, feature, profile, spearhead, skyrocket, showcase, service (as a car), corner, torch, exit (as in "exit the lobby"), factor (in mathematics), gun ("shoot"), author (which disappeared in English around 1630 and was ...

  7. 101 Animals That Start With 'N'—How Many Can You Name? - AOL

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    This is a large hawk that can be found in North America, Europe, and Asia. It can be 18 to 24 inches in length and have a wingspan ranging from 38 to 46 inches. 96.

  8. List of retronyms - Wikipedia

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    Full-size van (US) Coined after the introduction of minivans by the Big Three automakers, although box trucks (bigger vehicles that were considered vans) existed prior to the Big Three's use of full-size van. Game Boy Classic Used to distinguish the original from the Game Boy Pocket, the Game Boy Color, and the Game Boy Advance. Game Boy Mono

  9. Add, delete, or edit a send-only address in AOL Mail

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    3. Click the Down arrow, next to "Send-only email address." 4. Click Add. 5. Enter the send-only email address. 6. Click Verify. 7. Open the email and follow the instructions to verify the address. - It might take a while until the send-only address can be used.