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1Music engraving — Sample of hand copied music manuscript, in ink, of a piece composed for piano. Music engraving is the art of drawing music notation at high quality for the purpose of mechanical reproduction. The term music copying is almost equivalent, though… …
2Arkansas toothpick — obsolete a dagger This is a sample entry, many weapons being given geographical attributions, either mocking the uncouthness of the local inhabitants or applauding their manliness: ... the Kentucky abolitionist Cassius Marcellus Clay …
3foot — obsolete British to take money from new employees to buy intoxicants An initiation ceremony, perhaps a shortened form of foot the bill: When he wor lowse on his prentis ship his shopmates footed him. (Treddlehoyle, 1875) A footing …
4reading Geneva print — obsolete drunk This is a sample entry of several literary puns on the city noted for its piety and its printing, and on gin, which was also then called Geneva, from the French genièvre, the juniper berry: You have been reading Geneva …
5swim for a wizard — obsolete Lancashire to test for magical powers of evil Witchcraft was a fruitful subject for taboo and euphemism. I include this sample entry to remind us of the social behaviour and beliefs of our recent ancestors, which were not confined… …
6Serial digital interface — (SDI) refers to a family of video interfaces standardized by SMPTE. [cite book | title = Digital Video and HDTV | author = Charles A. Poynton | publisher = Morgan Kaufmann | year = 2003 | isbn = 1558607927 | url = http://books.google.com/books?id …
7test — 1. To prove; to try a substance; to determine the chemical nature of a substance by means of reagents. 2. A method of examination, as to determine the presence or absence of a definite disease or of some substance in any of the fluids, tissues,… …
8Drilling rig — For a detailed diagram of a Petroleum drilling rig, see List of components of oil drilling rigs. Drilling rig preparing rock blasting …
9List of file formats — This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries. See also: List of file formats (alphabetical) This is a list of file formats… …
10Differences between Malaysian and Indonesian — The differences between Malaysian (Bahasa Malaysia) or Malay (Bahasa Melayu) and Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia) are significantly greater than those between British English and American English. They are roughly mutually intelligible, but with… …
