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▪ I. frettage1 (ˈfrɛtɪdʒ) [a. Fr. frettage, f. fretter to ring, f. frette fret n.5] a. The process of shrinking on rings of metal about the breech of a gun to give additional strength. b. The collection of rings thus employed.1882 Rep. Chief of Ordnance 244 (Cent.) The gun..ordinarily receives an ex...
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auto-
▪ I. auto-1 (ˈɔːtəʊ) repr. Gr. αὐτο- ‘self, one's own, by oneself, independent-ly,’ combining form of αὐτός self. Exceedingly common in Gr.; in L. only in a few words adopted from Gr. without analysis, as autochthones, autographus, automatus; more common in med.L.; and largely used in the mod. langs...
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