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1. longeron<\/strong> \u2014 load-bearing brace or frame running lengthwise in an airplane’s fuselage, or spanwise in its wing structure<\/p>\n

The strut was hinged to the bottom <\/em>longeron of the small craft, but had become warped during the previous landing.<\/em><\/p>\n

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2. cami-knicks<\/strong> (also camiknickers<\/strong>) \u2014 ladies’ undergarment combining camisole and knickers; a teddy<\/p>\n

Alice put aside the articles at the top of the drawer, revealing the silk <\/em>cami-knicks still in their original wrapping, a gift from Ben a lifetime ago.<\/em><\/p>\n

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3. a taunto<\/strong> \u2014 of a ship with all sails set; prepared<\/p>\n

The workmen were busily fixing the neglect of years, getting the home office all <\/em>a taunto in preparation for the visit of the owner, the first in well over a decade to this formerly significant international trading concern.<\/em><\/p>\n

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4. stushie<\/strong> \u2014 [Scots<\/em>] hubbub, fracas<\/p>\n

We’re used to the neighbors barking at each other like kennel dogs but they had a right <\/em>stushie last night and I couldn’t get back to sleep and that’s why I missed me bus.<\/em><\/p>\n

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5. small-clothes<\/strong> (also smallclothes<\/strong>) \u2014 [British archaic<\/em>] underwear<\/p>\n

The baron sat steadily sewing the torn knees of his <\/em>small-clothes, repairing the silken heirlooms as his father the old baron had made him solemnly swear to do.<\/em><\/p>\n

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6. dividual<\/strong> \u2014 separate; divisible<\/p>\n

After this motion the members of the Plenum formed <\/em>dividual groups of representatives from each economic group, though the bankers disdained to rise from their seats.<\/em><\/p>\n

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7. agistment<\/strong> \u2014 act of allowing the livestock of others to graze on one’s land for a specified rate; type of tax for specified purpose<\/p>\n

The contract specifies that while the cattle are upon <\/em>agistment, a monthly notice shall be sent outlining charges and any issues with the stock.<\/em><\/p>\n

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8. blackleg<\/strong> \u2014 deadly cattle disease; plant disease, esp. those affecting potatoes or cabbages; cheater; strikebreaker<\/p>\n

Lafferty was in jail that week, serving time for throwing stones at <\/em>blacklegs down at the mill.<\/em><\/p>\n

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9. aquaculture<\/strong> \u2014 cultivation of aquatic plants or animals for food or other products<\/p>\n

This well-managed pearl farm promotes biodiversity and is an example of <\/em>aquaculture at its finest.<\/em><\/p>\n

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10. accipitrine<\/strong> \u2014 of or related to a hawk; raptor-like<\/p>\n

Beneath her <\/em>accipitrine nose her smile became even more hawklike, her glistening white teeth parting slightly as if in anticipation of the first taste of her prey.<\/em><\/p>\n

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1. longeron \u2014 load-bearing brace or frame running lengthwise in an airplane’s fuselage, or spanwise in its wing structure The strut was hinged to the bottom longeron of the small craft, but had become warped during the previous landing.   2. cami-knicks (also camiknickers) \u2014 ladies’ undergarment combining camisole and knickers; a teddy Alice put … <\/p>\n

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