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121Mini survival kit — A mini survival kit kept in a medium tin box A mini survival kit is a survival kit which consists of those most essential outdoor survival tools and supplies which are the hardest to improvise or replace. A mini survival kit is intended to be… …
122rushlight — rush·light (rŭshʹlīt ) n. A candle consisting of a rush wick in tallow. Also called rush candle. * * * …
123taper — taper1 taperer, n. taperingly, adv. /tay peuhr/, v.i. 1. to become smaller or thinner toward one end. 2. to grow gradually lean. v.t. 3. to make gradually smaller toward one end. 4. to reduce gradually. 5. taper off …
124Chevreul, Michel-Eugène — ▪ French chemist Introduction born Aug. 31, 1786, Angers, France died April 9, 1889, Paris French chemist who elucidated the chemical composition of animal fats (fat) and whose theories of colour influenced the techniques of French painting.… …
125taper — I ta•per [[t]ˈteɪ pər[/t]] v. i. 1) to become smaller or thinner toward one end 2) to grow gradually lean 3) to make gradually smaller toward one end 4) to reduce gradually 5) phv taper off a) to become gradually more slender toward one end b) to …
126taper — /ˈteɪpə / (say taypuh) verb (i) 1. to become gradually slenderer towards one end. 2. to grow gradually lean. 3. Sport to enter into a period of taper: to taper for a marathon. –verb (t) 4. to make gradually smaller towards one end. 5. to reduce… …
127candela — (cd) the SI base unit for measuring the intensity of light. Candela is the Latin word for candle. The unit has a long and complicated history. Originally, it represented the intensity of an actual candle, assumed to be burning whale tallow… …
128dip — [dip] vt. dipped or occas.Now Rare dipt, dipping [ME dippen < OE dyppan, to immerse < Gmc * dup , to be deep: see DIMPLE] 1. to put into or under liquid for a moment and then quickly take out; immerse 2. to dye in this way 3. to clean… …
