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fan-tail
fan-tail, n. (ˈfænteɪl) [f. fan n.1 + tail.] 1. A tail or lower end in the shape of a fan.1728 Swift Ladies at Sot's Hole, We who wear our wigs With fan-tail and with snake. 1862 Jrnl. R. Agric. Soc. XXIII. 214 Turning the butt-end [of a sheaf] upwards, spreading out the ears, and making a sort of ‘...
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Tail fan
Tail fan can refer to: Tail fan of a decapod, see decapod anatomy
Tail fan of a bird, see Rump (croup)
Windmill fantail, which turns the cap automatically to bring it into the wind See also
Fantail (disambiguation)
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riroriro
riroriro (ˈriːrəʊriːrəʊ) Also (with hyphen) riro-riro. [Maori.] The New Zealand grey warbler, Gerygone igata, a small wren-like bird belonging to the subfamily Malurinæ of the family Muscicapidæ.1835 W. Yate Acct. N.Z. (ed. 2) ii. 58 Riroriro, a very small brown bird, with white feathers under the w...
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Robert Webster Cary
During a hurricane, a depth charge on the fan-tail of broke loose, menacing the safety of the ship. Together, with three enlisted men, he went to the fan-tail, and they managed to secure this depth charge, including its safety pin, at a great risk of
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Golden-headed cisticola
including bright-capped cisticola, bright-headed cisticola, bright-crowned cisticola, gold-capped cisticola, yellow-headed cisticola, exile warbler and fan-tail
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shaker
shaker (ˈʃeɪkə(r)) Also 5 schakare, -ere, 6 Sc. schakar, (-car), schekkar. [f. shake v. + -er1.] 1. a. One who or something which shakes (in the transitive senses of the verb). Also in phr. mover and shaker, shaker and mover (U.S.), a person who influences events, a person who gets things done.c 144...
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Cley Windmill
In 2014 the sails, fan-tail and oak fan-stage were replaced using the firm Bunting and Son.
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arch
▪ I. arch, n. (ɑːtʃ) Also 4–6 arche. [a. OF. arche:—L. arca chest, coffer; also, through some confusion, used in OF. for arc:—L. arc-um bow (see arc n.).] I. = L. arcus. † 1. Any part of a curve; = arc n. 1, 2. Obs.c 1391 Chaucer Astrol. ii. vii. 21 The arch of the day..from the sonne arisyng til hi...
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Hummingbird hawk-moth
The abdomen is quite broad, with a fan-tail of setae at the end. The wingspan is .
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fan
▪ I. fan, n.1 (fæn) Forms: α. 1 fann, (fon, Northumb. fonnæ), 4–7 fann(e, 4– fan. β. 5–7 vanne, 7– van. [OE. fann, str. fem., ad. L. vannus, fem., = sense 1 a. Cf. F. van.] 1. An instrument for winnowing grain. a. A basket of special form (also, earlier, a sort of wooden shovel) used for separating ...
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USS Republic
The Republic had been in Stateside dry-dock just prior to the 2nd Battalion's boarding, and had four 3-inch guns and one 5-inch gun (on the "fan-tail")
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perke
▪ I. perk, n.1 Obs. exc. dial. (pɜːk) Also 5–7 perke, 6 pyrke, 6–7 pirke, 6–9 pirk. [A parallel form of perch n.2, chiefly in northern, north midl., and East Anglian use. Cf. NFr. perque.] I. † 1. A pole, stake: = perch n.2 1. Obs.1483 Cath. Angl. 276/1 A Perke, pertica. c 1490 Promp. Parv. 394/2 (M...
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List of headgear
Cockle hat
Cony or coney
Coolie hat
Copintank, also copentank, coptank, copitaine
Cordies
Cossack hat
Demicastor hat
Directoire
Dolly Varden
Fan-tail
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snake
▪ I. snake, n. (sneɪk) Forms: 1 snaca, 2– snake, 6 snayke, snack. [OE. snaca, = MLG. snake (LG. snake, snaak): cf. ON. snákr (poet.), Sw. snok, Da. snog, which may be from LG.] I. 1. a. One or other of the limbless vertebrates constituting the reptilian order Ophidia (characterized by a greatly elon...
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