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  • 51splicer — splice ► VERB 1) join (a rope or ropes) by interweaving the strands at the ends. 2) join (pieces of timber, film, or tape) at the ends. 3) Genetics join or insert (a gene or gene fragment). ► NOUN ▪ a spliced join. ● get spliced Cf. ↑ …

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  • 52boomkin — Bumkin Bum kin, n. [Boom a beam + kin. See {Bumpkin}.] (Naut.) A projecting beam or boom; as: (a) One projecting from each bow of a vessel, to haul the fore tack to, called a tack bumpkin. (b) One from each quarter, for the main brace blocks, and …

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  • 53Bumkin — Bum kin, n. [Boom a beam + kin. See {Bumpkin}.] (Naut.) A projecting beam or boom; as: (a) One projecting from each bow of a vessel, to haul the fore tack to, called a tack bumpkin. (b) One from each quarter, for the main brace blocks, and called …

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  • 54Splice — (spl[imac]s), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spliced} (spl[imac]st); p. pr. & vb. n. {Splicing}.] [D. splitsen, splitten; akin to G. splissen, Sw. splissa, Dan. splisse, and E. split; from the dividing or splitting the ends into separate strands. See… …

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  • 55Splice grafting — Splice Splice (spl[imac]s), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spliced} (spl[imac]st); p. pr. & vb. n. {Splicing}.] [D. splitsen, splitten; akin to G. splissen, Sw. splissa, Dan. splisse, and E. split; from the dividing or splitting the ends into separate… …

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  • 56Spliced — Splice Splice (spl[imac]s), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spliced} (spl[imac]st); p. pr. & vb. n. {Splicing}.] [D. splitsen, splitten; akin to G. splissen, Sw. splissa, Dan. splisse, and E. split; from the dividing or splitting the ends into separate… …

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  • 57Splicing — Splice Splice (spl[imac]s), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spliced} (spl[imac]st); p. pr. & vb. n. {Splicing}.] [D. splitsen, splitten; akin to G. splissen, Sw. splissa, Dan. splisse, and E. split; from the dividing or splitting the ends into separate… …

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  • 58USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) — USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69), nicknamed Ike , is the second of 10 Nimitz class supercarriers in the United States Navy, named after the thirty fourth President of the United States, Dwight D. Eisenhower. Originally, she was named Eisenhower …

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  • 59USS Carpellotti (APD-136) — was a Crosley class high speed transport, the second ship of the United States Navy to be assigned the name Carpellotti , after Marine Private First Class Louis J. Carpellotti (1918–1942), who was posthumously awarded the Silver Star for his… …

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  • 60USS Norris (DD-859) — Career (USA) …

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