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61bag — [bag] n. [ME bagge < ON baggi] 1. a nonrigid container made of fabric, paper, leather, etc., with an opening at the top that can be closed; sack or pouch 2. a piece of hand luggage; suitcase 3. a woman s handbag or purse 4. a) a container for… …
62blimp — [blimp] n. [echoic of sound caused by thumping the airship bag with a finger: prob. coined (1915) by A. D. Cunningham, Brit Navy Air Force] Informal 1. a nonrigid or semirigid airship 2. [after Col. Blimp, creation of LOW Sir David] a pompous,… …
63envelope — [än′və lōp΄, en′′və lōp΄] n. [Fr & OFr enveloppe < OFr envoluper: see ENVELOP] 1. a thing that envelops; wrapper; covering 2. a folded paper container as for a letter, usually with a gummed flap for sealing 3. a) the outer covering of a rigid… …
64sausage balloon — noun a small nonrigid airship used for observation or as a barrage balloon • Syn: ↑blimp, ↑sausage • Hypernyms: ↑airship, ↑dirigible * * * noun see sausage 3 …
65bow stiffener — noun Etymology: bow (V) : one of the rigid members attached to the bow of a nonrigid or semirigid envelope of an airship to reinforce it against pressure caused by the motion of the ship called also nose stiffener …
66parseval — ˈpärzəˌväl noun ( s) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: after August von Parseval died 1942 German engineer : a nonrigid airship usually having a car suspended beneath a gas envelope compare zeppelin …
67rip panel — noun : a strip in the upper part of the fabric of a balloon or semirigid or nonrigid airship which is torn off when immediate deflation is desired …
68soft lens — a nonrigid contact lens made of porous plastic, having a high water content that is replenished from eye surface moisture. Also called hydrophilic. Cf. hard lens. * * * soft lens noun A flexible contact lens of a hydrophylic material which allows …
69non|rig|id — «non RIHJ ihd», adjective. 1. not rigid. 2. having no supporting internal structure; given shape solely through inflation with a gas: »The initial flight of a new and larger class of nonrigid airships for airborne early warning “picket patrol”… …
