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  • 31harbours and sea works — Introduction harbour also spelled  harbor        any part of a body of water and the manmade structures surrounding it that sufficiently shelters a vessel from wind, waves, and currents, enabling safe anchorage or the discharge and loading of… …

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  • 32lint — A soft, absorbent material rarely used in surgical dressings, usually in the form of a thick, loosely woven material (sheet or patent l.). [O.E. lin, flax] * * * lint lint n 1) a soft fleecy material used for poultices and dressings for wounds… …

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  • 33moss — 1. Any low growing, delicate cryptogamous plant of the class Musci. 2. Popularly, any one of a number of lichens and seaweeds. [A.S. meos] Ceylon m. a red seaweed; a source of agar. club m. SYN: lycopodium. Iceland m. SYN: cetraria. Irish m. SYN …

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  • 34Gamgee Tissue — trademark for a surgical dressing consisting of a thick layer of absorbent cotton between two layers of absorbent gauze …

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  • 35Adhesive bandage — An adhesive bandage (called a sticking plaster, just plaster, or Elastoplast (a trademark) in the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Malaysia, Singapore, and South Africa; often called Band Aid (a trademark) generically in the United States, India,… …

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  • 36List of fashion topics — This is a list of topics related to fashion, many of which do not yet have Wikipedia articles. NOTOC 0 9 1300 1400 in fashion 1500 1550 in fashion 1600 1650 in fashion 1700 1750 in fashion 1795 1820 in fashion 20th century fashion A A line A line …

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  • 37CIRCUMCISION — (Heb. בְּרִית מִילָה, berit milah; covenant of circumcision ), the operation of removing part or all of the foreskin which covers the glans of the penis. Circumcision dates back to prehistoric times and together with the trepanning of the skull… …

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  • 38bathrobe — noun Date: 1890 a loose often absorbent robe worn before and after bathing or as a dressing gown …

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  • 39pad — I. verb (padded; padding) Etymology: perhaps from Middle Dutch paden to follow a path, from pad path Date: 1553 transitive verb to traverse on foot intransitive verb to go on foot ; walk; especially to walk with or as if with padded feet …

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  • 40First-aid kit — A first aid kit is a collection of supplies and equipment for use in giving first aid. First aid kits contain a variety of equipment that may include bandages for controlling bleeding, personal protective equipment such as gloves, a breathing… …

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