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Rim
·noun The lower part of the abdomen. II. Rim ·vt To furnish with a rim; to <<Border>>. III. Rim ·n...

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rim
, or brim. A name given to the circular edge of a top. (See top.) ...

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Base
·noun The housing of a horse. II. Base ·adj Not classical or correct. III. Base ·adj Low in place ...

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base
A game of hand-ball. TO BASE To lay the foundation of an argument. This word is not in the English...

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base
a perch. Cumb. ; in Hampshire, a sea-perch. ...

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base
The breech of a gun. Also, the lowest part of the perimeter of a geometrical figure. When applied to...

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Rim-fire
·add. ·adj Having the percussion fulminate in a rim surrounding the base, distinguished from center-...

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flash rim
In carronades, a cup-shaped enlargement of the bore at the muzzle, which facilitates the loading, an...

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paul rim
A notched cast-iron capstan-ring let into the ship's deck for the pauls to act on. ...

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sponson-rim
The same as wing-wale (which see). ...

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top rim or brim
The circular sweep of the fore part of a vessel's top, and covering in the ends of the cross-trees a...

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Base viol
·- ·see Bass viol. ...

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Base-burner
·noun A furnace or stove in which the fuel is contained in a hopper or chamber, and is fed to the fi...

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Base-court
·noun An inferior court of law, not of record. II. Base-court ·noun The secondary, inferior, or rea...

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Country-base
·noun ·same·as Prison base. ...

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Sub-base
·noun The lowest member of a base when divided horizontally, or of a baseboard, pedestal, or the lik...

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Wheel base
·add. ·- The figure inclosed by lines through the points contact of the wheels of a vehicle, ·etc., ...

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base-line
In strategy, the line joining the various points of a base of operations. In surveying, the base on ...

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base-ring
In guns of cast-metal, the flat moulding round the breech at that part where the longitudinal surfac...

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base of operations
In strategy, one or a series of strategic points at which are established the magazines and means of...

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