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  • 51head-on — {adj.} or {adv. phr.} 1. With the head or front pointing at; with the front facing; front end to front end. * /Our car skidded into a head on crash with the truck./ * /In the fog the boat ran head on into a log./ * /There is a head on view of the …

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  • 52turn turtle — {v. phr.} To turn upside down. * /The car skidded on the ice and turned turtle./ …

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  • 53Skid — Skid, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Skidded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Skidding}.] 1. To protect or support with a skid or skids; also, to cause to move on skids. [1913 Webster] 2. To check with a skid, as wagon wheels. Dickens. [1913 Webster] 3. (Forestry) To… …

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  • 54Skidding — Skid Skid, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Skidded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Skidding}.] 1. To protect or support with a skid or skids; also, to cause to move on skids. [1913 Webster] 2. To check with a skid, as wagon wheels. Dickens. [1913 Webster] 3. (Forestry)… …

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  • 55gnarly — adjective (gnarlier; gnarliest) Date: 1773 1. gnarled 2. slang a. difficult, hairy < skidded around gnarly hairpin turns Austin Murphy > b. bad, nasty < has some pretty …

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  • 56skid road — noun Date: 1880 1. a road along which logs are skidded 2. a. West the part of a town frequented by loggers b. skid row …

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  • 57clip — I. transitive verb (clipped; clipping) Etymology: Middle English clippen, from Old English clyppan; akin to Old High German klāftra fathom, Lithuanian globti to embrace Date: before 12th century 1. encompass 2. a. to hold in a tight grip ; clutc …

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  • 58Aristide Maillol — Born December 8, 1861(1861 12 08) Banyuls sur Mer, Roussillon Died September 27, 1944(19 …

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  • 59Battle of Poitiers (1356) — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Battle of Poitiers partof=the Hundred Years War caption= date=September 19, 1356 place=Near Maupertuis, south of Poitiers, France result=Decisive English Victory combatant1=Kingdom of England Duchy of Gascony&#8230; …

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