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101beef — beefless, adj. /beef/, n., pl. beeves /beevz/ for 2; beefs for 4, v. n. 1. the flesh of a cow, steer, or bull raised and killed for its meat. 2. an adult cow, steer, or bull raised for its meat. 3. Informal. a. brawn; muscular strength. b.… …
102dam — dam1 /dam/, n., v., dammed, damming. n. 1. a barrier to obstruct the flow of water, esp. one of earth, masonry, etc., built across a stream or river. 2. a body of water confined by a dam. 3. any barrier resembling a dam. v.t. 4. to furnish with a …
103Dam — /dam, dahm/, n. (Carl Peter) Henrik /kahrl pee ter hen rik/; Dan. /kahrddl pay teuhrdd hen rddik/, 1895 1976, Danish biochemist: Nobel prize for medicine 1943. * * * I Barrier built across a stream, river, or estuary to conserve water for such… …
104Web application — For applications accessed through the web that are executed client side, see Rich Internet application. Google Calendar is a contact and time management web application offered by Google …
105Colt Single Action Army — Revolver Second Generation Colt Single Action Army Type Revolver Place of origin …
106Eyebar — each side truss has sixteen elements. Of these, 7 are in compression and are fabricated as lattice beams. Theremaining 9 elements are only in tension and are composed of eyebars. Shear and bending forces are accommodated completely within the… …
107Windsor chair — A Windsor chair is a chair built with a wooden seat into which are fixed the backrest and undercarriage. Typically, the backrest and sometimes the arm pieces are formed from steam bent pieces of wood. History Windsor chairs were developed in the… …
108Line engraving — This article currently covers the history of line engraving until ca. 1910. Please extend it as needed, and remove this notice afterwards. Line engraving is a term for engraved images printed on paper to be used as prints or illustrations. The… …
109Ingvar Runestones — The Ingvar Runestones ( sv. Ingvarstenarna) is the name of c. 26 Varangian Runestones that were raised in commemoration of those who died in the Swedish Viking expedition to the Caspian Sea of Ingvar the Far Travelled. The Ingvar expedition was… …
110Alabaster — is a name applied to varieties of two distinct minerals: gypsum (a hydrous sulfate of calcium) and calcite (a carbonate of calcium). The former is the alabaster of the present day; the latter is generally the alabaster of the ancients. The two… …
