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Viol
·noun A large rope sometimes used in weighing anchor. II. Viol ·noun A stringed musical instrument ...

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Viol
Heb. nebel (Isa. 5:12, R.V., "lute;" 14:11), a musical instrument, usually rendered "psaltery" (q.v....

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viol
I. , or voyol. A large messenger formerly used to assist in weighing an anchor by the capstan. ...

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Viol
[Psaltery] ...

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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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Bass viol
·- A stringed instrument of the viol family, used for playing bass. ·see 3d Bass, ·noun, and <<Violo...

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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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rim-base
The shoulder on the stock of a musket. ...

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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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