galvanized iron

  • 31GI — I. adjective Etymology: galvanized iron; from abbreviation used in listing such articles as garbage cans, but taken as abbreviation for government issue Date: circa 1935 1. provided by an official United States military supply department < GI&#8230; …

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  • 32Concordia yawls — Concordia Yawl #85 Arapaho The Concordia yawl was designed in 1938 by naval architect C. Raymond Hunt with input from Llewellyn and Waldo Howland, Clinton Crane, Fenwick Williams and Frank Paine.[1] Earlier that year Llewellyn Howland s family s&#8230; …

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  • 33ghost — [OE] In Old English times, ghost was simply a synonym for ‘spirit’ or ‘soul’ (a sense preserved in Holy Ghost); it did not acquire its modern connotations of the ‘disembodied spirit of a dead person appearing among the living’ until the 14th&#8230; …

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  • 34GI — biomed. abbr. Gastrointestinal metal. abbr. Galvanized Iron abbr. Gesellschaft fuer Informatik (organization) acronym Galvanized Iron acronym Gastro Intestinal (as in upper GI) acronym General Issue acronym Government Issue …

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  • 35ghost — [OE] In Old English times, ghost was simply a synonym for ‘spirit’ or ‘soul’ (a sense preserved in Holy Ghost); it did not acquire its modern connotations of the ‘disembodied spirit of a dead person appearing among the living’ until the 14th&#8230; …

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  • 36atomic number 26 — noun a heavy ductile magnetic metallic element; is silver white in pure form but readily rusts; used in construction and tools and armament; plays a role in the transport of oxygen by the blood • Syn: ↑iron, ↑Fe • Hypernyms: ↑metallic element,&#8230; …

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  • 37Gi — n. & adj. n. a private soldier in the US Army. adj. of or for US servicemen. Etymology: abbr. of government (or general) issue * * * gi., gill2 or gills. GI «JEE Y», adjective, noun, plural GI s «JEE YZ», verb, GI d, GI ing. –adj …

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  • 38GI — n. & adj. n. a private soldier in the US Army. adj. of or for US servicemen. Etymology: abbr. of government (or general) issue * * * gi., gill2 or gills. GI «JEE Y», adjective, noun, plural GI s «JEE YZ», verb, GI d, GI ing. –adj …

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  • 39zinc — zincky, zincy, zinky, adj. zincoid, adj. /zingk/, n., v., zincked or zinced /zingkt/, zincking or zincing /zing king/. n. 1. Chem. a ductile, bluish white metallic element: used in making galvanized iron, brass, and other alloys, and as an&#8230; …

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