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31snap — snapless, adj. snappable, adj. snappingly, adv. /snap/, v., snapped, snapping, n., adj., adv. v.i. 1. to make a sudden, sharp, distinct sound; crack, as a whip; crackle. 2. to click, as a mechanism or the jaws or teeth coming together. 3. to move …
32snap — [c]/snæp / (say snap) verb (snapped, snapping) –verb (i) 1. to make a sudden, sharp sound; crackle. 2. to click, as a mechanism. 3. to move, strike, shut, catch, etc., with a sharp sound, as a lid. 4. to break suddenly, especially with a sharp,… …
33Newcomen steam engine — Animation of a schematic Newcomen steam engine. – Steam is shown pink and water is blue. – Valves move from open (green) to closed (red) The atmospheric engine invented by Thomas Newcomen in 1712, today referred to as a Newcomen steam engine (or… …
34Annie Von Behren — (1857 November 30, 1882) was an American stage actress of the 19th century from New York. Her family moved to Brooklyn, New York when she was quite young. Miss Von Behren was educated in the Brooklyn public schools.tage ActressAnnie was a… …
35List of Trinity Blood characters — This is a list of the major characters featured in Trinity Blood, a series of twelve Japanese light novels written by Sunao Yoshida that has since been adapted into both manga and anime television series. The characters here have been grouped by… …
36Dental key — llustration demonstrating the use of the dental key for extracting teeth. The dental key is an instrument that was used in dentistry to extract diseased teeth. Before the era of antibiotics, dental extraction was often the method of choice to… …
37Handfalle — der Weichen , Riegel oder Signalhebel (spring catch or latch lock; manette à ressort, verrou; impugnatura a molla od a paletto) ist eine mit dem Stellhebel verbundene, unter Federdruck stehende Vorrichtung, die den Hebel in den beiden… …
38carabiner — /kar euh bee neuhr/, n. a D shaped ring with a spring catch on one side, used for fastening ropes in mountaineering. Also, karabiner. [1915 20; < Austrian G Karabiner, shortening of G Karabinerhaken carbine hook, equiv. to Karabiner ( < F… …
39carabiner — car•a•bi•ner or karabiner [[t]ˌkær əˈbi nər[/t]] n. spo aD shaped ring with a spring catch on one side, used for fastening ropes in mountaineering • Etymology: 1915–20; < Austrian G Karabiner …
40ekman dredge — ¦ekmən noun Usage: usually capitalized E Etymology: probably after V.W. Ekman died 1954 Swedish oceanographer : a dredge that has opposable jaws operated by a messenger traveling down a cable to release a spring catch and that is used in ecology… …
