sledging

  • 51sledge — sledge1 chiefly Brit. noun a vehicle on runners for travelling over snow or ice, either pushed, pulled, or allowed to slide downhill. ↘a toboggan. verb ride or carry on a sledge. Derivatives sledger noun sledging noun Origin C16: from MDu.… …

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  • 52sledge — I. /slɛdʒ / (say slej) noun 1. any of various vehicles mounted on runners for travelling or conveying loads over snow, ice, rough ground, etc. 2. a vehicle mounted on runners, and of various forms, used for travelling over snow and ice, as in… …

  • 53sledge — sledge1 [slej] n., vt., vi. sledged, sledging [ME slegge < OE slecge < base of slean, to strike, SLAY] SLEDGEHAMMER sledge2 [slej] n. [MDu sleedse, akin to sledde, SLED] a sled or sleigh for carrying loads over ice, snow, etc …

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  • 54Sledge — (sl[e^]j), v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p. {Sledged} (sl[e^]jd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Sledging}.] To travel or convey in a sledge or sledges. Howitt. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 55Sledged — Sledge Sledge (sl[e^]j), v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p. {Sledged} (sl[e^]jd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Sledging}.] To travel or convey in a sledge or sledges. Howitt. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 56Robert Falcon Scott — Infobox person name = Robert Falcon Scott image size = 200px name = Robert Falcon Scott birth date = birth date|1868|6|6 death date = death date and age|1912|3|29|1868|6|6 birth place = Devon, England death place = Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica… …

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  • 57Luge — A luge is a small one or two person sled on which one sleds supine (face up) and feet first. Steering is done by flexing the sled s runners with the calf of each leg or exerting opposite shoulder pressure to the seat. Luge is also the name of the …

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  • 58Cricket — A bowler bowling to a batsman. The paler strip is the cricket pitch. The two sets of three wooden stumps on the pitch are the wickets. The two …

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  • 59Douglas Mawson — Mawson redirects here. For other uses, see Mawson (disambiguation). Douglas Mawson Sir Douglas Mawson in 1914 Born 5 May 1882(1882 05 05) Shipley …

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  • 60Robert Peary — For United States Navy ships named after Robert Peary, see USS Robert E. Peary. Rear Admiral Robert Peary Peary in naval uniform circa 1910 Born May 6, 1856(1856 05 06) …

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