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Sneak
·noun A mean, sneaking fellow. II. Sneak ·vt To hide, ·esp. in a mean or cowardly manner. III. Sne...

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sneak
A pilferer. Morning sneak; one who pilfers early in the morning, before it is light. Evening sneak; ...

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sneak
1) a latch. North. 2) to smell. North. Thence perhaps SNEAKING about ; and a SNEAKER of punch. ...

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Current
·adj Running or moving rapidly. II. Current ·adj Commonly estimated or acknowledged. III. Current ...

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current
A certain progressive flowing of the sea in one direction, by which all bodies floating therein are ...

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Sneak-cup
·noun One who sneaks from his cups; one who balks his glass. ...

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jerry sneak
A henpecked husband: from a celebrated character in one of Mr. Foote's plays, representing a man gov...

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Alternating current
·add. ·- A current which periodically changes or reverses its direction of flow. ...

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Delta current
·add. ·- The current flowing through a delta connection. ...

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Direct current
·add. ·- A current flowing in one direction only; — distinguished from alternating current. When st...

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Eddy current
·add. ·- An induced electric current circulating wholly within a mass of metal; — called also Fouca...

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Foucault current
·add. ·- An eddy current. ...

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Induced current
·add. ·- A current due to variation in the magnetic field surrounding its conductor. ...

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Japan current
·add. ·- A branch of the equatorial current of the Pacific, washing the eastern coast of Formosa and...

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Oscillating current
·add. ·- A current alternating in direction. ...

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Phasing current
·add. ·- The momentary current between two alternating-current generators when juxtaposed in paralle...

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Rossel current
·- A portion of the southern equatorial current flowing westward from the Fiji Islands to New Guinea...

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Y current
·add. ·- The current through one branch of the star arrangement of a three-phase circuit. ...

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counter-current
That portion of water diverted from the main stream of a current by the particular formation of the ...

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current sailing
The method of determining the true motion of a ship, when, besides being acted upon by the wind, she...

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equatorial current
The set, chiefly westerly, so frequently met with near the equator, especially in the Atlantic Ocean...

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surface current
A current which does not extend more than 8 or 10 feet below the surface. Also, fresh water running ...

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under-current
A stream which sets beneath the surface-water of the sea whilst that is either in a quiescent state ...

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velocity of current
, depends on several circumstances. First, the tide varies with the state of the moon, running stron...

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set of the wind and current
See direction of the wind and current ...

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direction or set of the wind and current
These are opposite terms; the direction of the winds and waves being named from the point of the com...

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st of the of the wind and current
See direction of the wind and current ...

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