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Bodies
·pl of <<Body>>. ...

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bodies
The figure of a ship, abstractedly considered, is divided into different parts or figures, each of w...

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Can
·vt To preserve by putting in sealed cans. II. Can ·noun A drinking cup; a vessel for holding liqui...

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can
A tin vessel used by sailors to drink out of. ...

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Can buoy
·- ·see under Buoy, ·noun. ...

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Can hook
·- A device consisting of a short rope with flat hooks at each end, for hoisting casks or barrels by...

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Water can
·- Any one of several species of Nuphar; the yellow frog lily; — so called from the shape of the se...

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billy-can
n. a variation of the above, moreused by townsmen than bushmen. 1892. `The Australasian,' April 9, ...

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can-buoys
Are in the form of a cone, and therefore would countenance the term cone-buoys. They are floated ove...

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can-hooks
They are used to sling a cask by the chimes, or ends of its staves, and are formed by reeving the tw...

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any how you can fix it
At any rate whatever. ...

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cosmical rising and setting of the heavenly bodies
Their rising and setting with the sun. ...

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