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111broad pennant — noun : a flag with a gradual taper ending in a broad swallowtail with the ratio of breadth in the hoist to length in the fly conspicuously greater than in the long pennant; especially : such a flag flown by a commodore in a navy compare broad… …
112Long Boiler locomotive — The Long Boiler locomotive was the object of a patent by Robert Stephenson and the name became synonymous with the pattern.It is generally perceived that it arose out of attempts to match the power of broad gauge locomotives within the… …
113LONG ISLAND — (774), a long narrow island, 115 m. long by from 12 to 24 broad, belonging to New York State, off the shores of New York and Connecticut, from which it is separated by the East River and Long Island Sound. It is low, much of it forest and… …
114long — lɔŋ /lÉ’Å‹ n. long period of time; long object; size for tall men v. yearn, desire, wish for, crave; pine, miss someone or something adj. continuing over a great distance; having a great height; extended, prolonged; tedious; broad,… …
115long shot — 1. a horse, team, etc., that has little chance of winning and carries long odds. 2. an attempt or undertaking that offers much but in which there is little chance for success. 3. Motion Pictures, Television. a camera shot taken at a relatively… …
116broad tapeworm — Tapeworm Tape worm , n. (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of numerous species of cestode worms belonging to T[ae]nia and many allied genera. The body is long, flat, and composed of numerous segments or proglottids varying in shape, those toward the end of the… …
117broad-banded armadillo — Tatouay Tat ou*ay, n. [Of Brazilian origin; cf. Pg. tatu, F. tatou.] (Zo[ o]l.) An armadillo ({Xenurus unicinctus}), native of the tropical parts of South America. It has about thirteen movable bands composed of small, nearly square, scales. The… …
118broad jump — noun Date: 1867 long jump • broad jumper noun …
119Long Forties — The Long Forties is an area of the northern North Sea that is fairly consistently forty fathoms (73 metres) deep (thus, on a nautical chart with depth shown in fathoms, a long area with many 40 notations). It is located between the northeast… …
120long-jump — /lawng jump , long /, v.i. Track and Field. to execute a long jump. Also, broad jump. * * * …
