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  2. Glossary of archery terms - Wikipedia

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    IBO – International Bowhunting Organization, an American organization that promotes bowhunting and sanctions 3-D archery competitions. Also the creator of the most widely used standard for measuring bow speeds. index fletching (equipment) – A differently-colored fletch that indicates proper arrow alignment (a.k.a. cock fletching)

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

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    a master barbecuer, the person responsible for managing a barbecue pit. plant machinery, industrial equipment a vegetable organism, a factory an undercover operative plaster an adhesive bandage placed on a minor cut or scrape (UK also: sticking/sticky plaster, Elastoplast; US: Band-Aid); a cast of plaster of Paris ("a leg in plaster")

  4. English honorifics - Wikipedia

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    In the English language, an honorific is a form of address conveying esteem, courtesy or respect. These can be titles prefixing a person's name, e.g.: Mr, Mrs, Miss, Ms, Mx, Sir, Dame, Dr, Cllr, Lady, or Lord, or other titles or positions that can appear as a form of address without the person's name, as in Mr President, General, Captain, Father, Doctor, or Earl.

  5. Master (form of address) - Wikipedia

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    Master was used sometimes, especially up to the late 19th century, to describe the male head of a large estate or household who employed domestic workers. [ citation needed ] The heir to a Scottish peerage may use the style or dignity [ 4 ] " Master of " followed by the name associated with the peerage.

  6. English modal auxiliary verbs - Wikipedia

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    The English modal auxiliary verbs are a subset of the English auxiliary verbs used mostly to express modality, properties such as possibility and obligation. [a] They can most easily be distinguished from other verbs by their defectiveness (they do not have participles or plain forms [b]) and by their lack of the ending ‑(e)s for the third-person singular.

  7. Glossary of contract bridge terms - Wikipedia

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    3) (Verb) To bid too high, irrespective of the result. 4) (Noun) (obsolete) In old texts, may refer to an overcall. Overboard (Slang) Having overbid. Overcall The first bid made by one of opener's opponents unless they intervene first by a double. Overcaller The player making an overcall; may also be referred to as the intervenor. Contrast ...

  8. Glossary of British terms not widely used in the United States

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    The verb to throw a mardy means to display an outburst of anger. maths mathematics (US: math) MD (managing director) equivalent of US CEO (Chief Executive Officer), also used in the UK Mexican wave simply called The Wave in the US mentioned in dispatches a commendation through being identified positively in a military report [109] [10] milliard ...

  9. Master - Wikipedia

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    The Master, a nickname for Ancient One (Marvel Comics) The Master, the player's character in the Nintendo game series ActRaiser; The Master, an optional three-time boss Toad Sensei in Paper Mario; The Master, a title character in the novel The Master and Margarita; The Master, the main (and mostly absent) villain from Power Rangers Mystic Force