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• Twitch

  ·noun The act of twitching; a pull with a jerk; a short, sudden, quick pull; as, a twitch by the sle...

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• to twitch

  To draw timber along the ground by a chain. Used by lumbermen in Maine. ...

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• Angle

  ·noun The figure made by. two lines which meet. II. Angle ·noun A projecting or sharp corner; an an...

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• angle

  The space or aperture intersected by the natural inclination of two lines or planes meeting each oth...

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• Twitch grass

  ·- ·see Quitch grass. ...

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• twitch-ballock

  the large black beetle. Lane. ...

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• twitch-grass

  a long and rank sort of grass. North. ...

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• Gliding angle

  ·add. ·- The angle, ·esp. the least angle, at which a gliding machine or aeroplane will glide to ear...

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• Phase angle

  ·add. ·- The angle expressing phase relation. ...

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• Wide-angle

  ·add. ·adj Having or covering an angle wider than the ordinary; — applied to certain lenses of rela...

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• angle-bowing

  a method of fencing sheep-grounds, used at Exmoor in Somersetshire. ...

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• angle-dog

  , or angle-twitch A large earth-worm, sought for bait. ...

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• angle-irons

  Certain strips of iron having their edges turned up at an angle to each other; they are of various s...

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• dead-angle

  In fortification, is an angle receiving no defence, either by its own fire or that of any other work...

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• diminished angle

  In fortification, that formed by the exterior side and the line of defence. ...

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• flanked angle

  In fortification, a salient angle formed by two lines of flank defence. ...

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• horary angle

  The apparent time by the sun, or the sidereal time of the moon, or planets, or stars, from the merid...

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• horned angle

  That which is made by a right line, whether tangent or secant, with the circumference of a circle. ...

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• hour-angle

  The angular distance of a heavenly body east or west of the meridian. ...

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• obtuse angle

  One measuring above 90°, and therefore beyond a right angle; called by shipwrights standing bevellin...

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• parallactic angle

  The angle made at a star by arcs passing through the zenith and pole respectively. ...

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• right angle

  An angle formed by a line rising or falling perpendicularly upon another, and measuring 90°, or the ...

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• salient angle

  In fortification, one of which the point projects outwards. ...

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• sistroid angle

  One like a sistrum, the Egyptian musical instrument. ...

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• Angle of entry

  ·add. ·- The angle between the tangent to the advancing edge (of an aerocurve) and the line of motio...

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• Angle of incidence

  ·add. ·- The angle between the chord of an aerocurve and the relative direction of the undisturbed a...

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• sosse-br angle

  a slatternly lazy wench. S. ...

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• angle of commutation

  The difference between the heliocentric longitudes of the earth and a planet or comet, the latter be...

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• angle of eccentricity

  An astronomical term denoting the angle whose sine is equal to the eccentricity of an orbit. ...

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• angle of elevation

  See elevation, angle of. ...

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• angle of incidence

  See incidence, angle of. ...

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• angle of position

  A term usually confined to double stars, to distinguish the line of bearing between them when they a...

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• angle of reflection

  See reflection, angle of. ...

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• angle of situation

  This was formerly called the angle of position, and is also termed the parallactic angle (which see)...

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• elevation, angle of

  In gunnery, that which the axis of the bore makes with the plane of the horizon. It is attained by s...

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• incidence, angle of

  That which the direction of a ray of light, &c., makes at the point where it strikes with a line dra...

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• re-entering angle

  In fortification, is an angle whose vertex points inward, or towards the place. ...

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• reflection, angle of

  Whether the instance be a ray of light or a cannon-ball, the angle of reflection will always be foun...

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• angle of lee-way

  The difference between the apparent compass-course and the true one arising from lateral pressure an...

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• angle of the centre

  In fortification, the angle formed at the centre of the polygon by lines drawn from thence to the po...

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• angle of the shoulder

  See epaule. ...

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• angle of the vertical

  The difference between the geographical and geocentric latitudes of a place upon the earth's surface...

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