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  • 111Shotgunning — is a means of consuming a canned beverage, especially beer, very quickly by a particular technique involving punching a hole in the side of the can. It is usually practiced as a form of drinking game and is especially popular among college… …

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  • 112cardiovascular disease — Introduction       any of the diseases, whether congenital or acquired, of the heart and blood vessels (blood vessel). Among the most important are atherosclerosis, rheumatic heart disease, and vascular inflammation. Cardiovascular diseases are a …

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  • 113score — score1 W2S3 [sko: US sko:r] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(in a game)¦ 2¦(in a test or experiment)¦ 3¦(music)¦ 4 on that score 5 know the score 6 settle a score 7¦(mark)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1000 1100; : Old Norse; Origin: sk …

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  • 114score — 1 noun (C) 1 IN A GAME the number of points that each team or player has won in a game or competition: the score: What s the score? | keep (the) score (=make a record of the score): Is anybody keeping score? | final score: The final score was… …

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  • 115knives —    The most commonly known and practised belief about knives is that giving any sharp instrument as a present will cut the friendship unless a small coin is given in return. Opie and Tatem record examples of the fear that the knife severs love… …

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  • 116kap- —     kap     English meaning: to grab     Deutsche Übersetzung: “fassen”     Note: (Varianten s. am Schlusse); various in words for Gefäße     Material: O.Ind. kapaṭī “two handful “ (ṭ mind. for t), O.Pers. ἡ καπίθη “δύο χοίνικες”; with IE e… …

    Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary

  • 117smēi-2 : smǝi- : smī̆- —     smēi 2 : smǝi : smī̆     English meaning: to carve; to work with a sharp instrument     Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘schnitzen, with einem scharfen Werkzeug arbeiten”     Material: Gk. σμί̄λη ‘schnitzmesser”, σμῐνύ̄η, σμῐνύς “hack, mattock, hoe”;… …

    Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary

  • 118lance — [lans, läns] n. [OFr < L lancea, light spear, lance, orig. Spanish lance < Celt] 1. a thrusting weapon consisting of a long wooden shaft with a sharp metal spearhead 2. LANCER 3. any sharp instrument resembling a lance, as a fish spear 4. a …

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  • 119lancinate — adjective painful as if caused by a sharp instrument a cutting wind keen winds knifelike cold piercing knifelike pains piercing cold piercing criticism a stabbing pain lancinating pain …

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  • 120lancinating — adjective painful as if caused by a sharp instrument a cutting wind keen winds knifelike cold piercing knifelike pains piercing cold piercing criticism a stabbing pain lancinating pain …

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