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• fixed fact

  A positive or well established fact. The Boston Post, in speaking of the trial of Capt. Stetson for...

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• blocks, fixed

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• fixed ammunition

  Is, complete in each round, the cartridge being attached to the projectile, to facilitate simultaneo...

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• fixed blocks

  Solid pieces of oak let through the sides of the ship, and fitted with sheaves, to lead the tacks, s...

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• stars, fixed

  Those innumerable bodies bespangling the heavens from pole to pole, distinguishable from the planets...

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