umbrella-warping

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• Umbrella

  ·noun The umbrellalike disk, or swimming bell, of a jellyfish. II. Umbrella ·noun Any marine tectib...

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• Warping

  ·noun The act or process of one who, or that which, warps. II. Warping ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of <<Warp>>....

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• warping

  turning a river cm land to obtain the mud for manure when it recedes. A modern term in Yorkshire. ...

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• warping

  Putting in the beam-knees, coamings, &c., and dividing the spaces between the beams for fitting the ...

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• umbrella-bush

  Acacia osswaldi, F. v. M., N.O. Leguminosae. 1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Native Plants,' p. 363: «...

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• umbrella-grass

  i.q. Native Millet, Panicumdecompositum, R. Br., N.O. Gramineae. See Millet. It is called Umbrella-g...

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• umbrella-tree

  n. name given to Brassaiaactinophylla, Endl., N.O. Araliaceae, from the largeleaves being set, like...

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• umbrella tree

  (Lat. magnolia tripetala.) The popular name of this tree in the Southern States. ...

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• warping-block

  A block made of ash or elm, used in rope-making for warping off yarn. ...

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• warping and framing the timbers

  Putting in the beam-knees, coamings, &c., and dividing the spaces between the beams for fitting the ...

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