tail-race

  • 1tail|race — «TAYL RAYS», noun. 1. the part of a millrace, flume, or channel below the water wheel that leads the water away. 2. Mining. a channel for carrying away refuse (tailings) in water …

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  • 2tail race — noun a fast flowing stretch of a river or stream below a dam or watermill …

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  • 4tail — 1. n. & v. 1 the hindmost part of an animal, esp. when prolonged beyond the rest of the body. 2 a a thing like a tail in form or position, esp. something extending downwards or outwards at an extremity. b the rear end of anything, e.g. of a… …

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  • 5tail — {{11}}tail (n.1) hindmost part of an animal, O.E. tægl, tægel, from P.Gmc. *tagla (Cf. O.H.G. zagal, Ger. Zagel tail, dialectal Ger. Zagel penis, O.N. tagl horse s tail ), from PIE *doklos, from root *dek something lon …

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  • 6Tail Lights Fade — is a 1999 movie directed by Malcolm Ingram and starring Denise Richards, Jake Busey, Breckin Meyer, Elizabeth Berkley, Jason Mewes, and Lisa Marie. The film follows two couples and their race across Canada to bail one of their brothers out of a… …

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  • 7race — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. onrush, advance; competition; sprint, dash; stream; channel, millrace, tide, river; career; family, clan, tribe; people, ethnic group. v. rush, career; hasten; compete; speed. See velocity, ancestry,… …

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  • 8Tail stock — Stock Stock (st[o^]k), n. [AS. stocc a stock, trunk, stick; akin to D. stok, G. stock, OHG. stoc, Icel. stokkr, Sw. stock, Dan. stok, and AS. stycce a piece; cf. Skr. tuj to urge, thrust. Cf. {Stokker}, {Stucco}, and {Tuck} a rapier.] 1. The stem …

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  • 9Mill race — Middle race of the mill scheme of the Society for the Establishment of Useful Manufactures for exploiting the Great Falls (Passaic River) A mill race, raceway or mill lade (in Scotland) is the current or channel of a stream, especially one for… …

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  • 10List of Fairy Tail characters — Most of the recurring and prominent members of Fairy Tail. (From left to right: Mirajane, Elfman, Plue, Makarov, Gray, Lucy, Happy, Natsu, Loke and Cana) The Fairy Tail manga and anime series hosts an extensive cast of characters created by Hiro… …

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