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121printing frame — Photog. a shallow, boxlike device with a glass plate on one side and an opaque, removable back, for holding a negative firmly against printing paper in contact printing. [1870 75] * * * …
122pung — /pung/, n. Chiefly Eastern Canada and New Eng. a sleigh with a boxlike body. [1815 25, Amer.; short for tom pung, ult. < the same Algonquian etymon as TOBOGGAN] * * * …
123relief — relief1 reliefless, adj. /ri leef /, n. 1. alleviation, ease, or deliverance through the removal of pain, distress, oppression, etc. 2. a means or thing that relieves pain, distress, anxiety, etc. 3. money, food, or other help given to those in… …
124sarcophagus — /sahr kof euh geuhs/, n., pl. sarcophagi / juy /, sarcophaguses. 1. a stone coffin, esp. one bearing sculpture, inscriptions, etc., often displayed as a monument. 2. Gk. Antiq. a kind of stone thought to consume the flesh of corpses, used for… …
125small arm — small armed, adj. Usually, small arms. a firearm designed to be held in one or both hands while being fired: in the U.S. the term is applied to weapons of a caliber of up to one in. (2.5 cm). [1680 90] * * * ▪ military technology Introduction… …
126soil mechanics — the branch of civil engineering that deals with the mechanical behavior of soil and similar materials when they are compressed or sheared or when liquids flow through them. * * * Study of soils and their utilization, especially in planning… …
127steam table — a boxlike table or counter, usually of stainless steel, with receptacles in the top into which containers of food may be fitted to be kept warm by steam or hot water in the compartment below. [1860 65] * * * …
128tanning bed — a boxlike bed having a hinged cover and equipped with sunlamps to produce a suntan. [1980 85, Amer.] * * * …
