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tent-peg
ˈtent-peg One of the (usually wooden) pegs, with a notch at the upper end, to which when stuck in the ground the ropes of a tent are fastened. Hence ˈtent-ˌpegging, an Indian cavalry sport, in which the player, riding at full speed, tries to transfix and carry off, on the point of his lance, a tent-...
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Tent peg
A tent peg (or tent stake) is a spike, usually with a hook or hole on the top end, typically made from wood, metal, plastic, or composite material, pushed or driven into the ground for holding a tent to the ground, either directly by attaching to the tent's material, or by connecting to ropes attach...
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tent-peg
tent-pegn wooden or metal peg used to fasten a rope supporting a tent, etc to the ground 帐篷桩(用以把帐篷等的绳索固定於地上者). =>illus at peg 见 peg 插图.
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Beit
originated with the Bedouins or Arabs of the desert, as, in the nomenclature of the different parts of the line, one foot is called "a tent-pole", another "tent-peg
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whittle
whittle/ˈwɪtl; ?@ ˈhwɪ-; `hwɪtl/ v1(a) [Ipr, Tn]~ (at) sth cut thin slices or strips off (wood, etc) 削(木头等).(b) [Tn, Tn.pr]~ A (from B); ~ B (into A) make or shape (sth) by doing this 削成(某物) whittling a tent-peg from a branch/a branch into a tent-peg 把树枝削成帐篷钉.2 (phr v) whittle sth away gradually rem...
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Skonk Nicholson
recognised young Nicholson's spirited nature, referring to him as "Skonkwaan", which was the name of an ox on the family farm, meaning (in isiZulu) "tent-peg
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tent
▪ I. tent, n.1 (tɛnt) Forms: 3–6 tente, (5 teinte, teynte, 5–6 tentt(e, 6 tenthe), 4– tent. [a. OF. tente (12th c. in Godef. Compl.):—L. tenta, pl. of tentum, pa. pple. of tendĕre to stretch; = med.L. tenta, tentum tent (in Du Cange); cf. also It., Pr. tenda, Sp. tienda, med.L. tenda (13th c. in Du ...
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Hind bint Utba
At one point, when arrows started raining down on Abu Sufyan and he tried to turn his horse away, Hind struck his horse in the face with a tent-peg and
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Arabic prosody
tent") and the rest of it is called (, meaning "the filling of the forepart")
The last word of the is called the (literally "the hitting (of the tent-peg
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peg
peg/peg; pɛɡ/ n1 wooden, metal or plastic pin or bolt, usu narrower at one end than the other, used to hold things together, to hang things on, to mark a position, etc (木、 金属或塑料的)钉, 栓, 销, 挂钉, 短桩.2(a) pin fastened to a wall or door, on which hats and coats may be hung 挂衣帽的钩或钉 a hat/coat peg 挂帽钉[挂衣钩]....
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Metron (poetry)
In this system, each foot or metron is composed of a or (plural ) "tent-peg" (usually an iamb) and either one or two (singular ) "guy-ropes".
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Battle of Mudki
Although the irregular cavalry, the Gorchurras, were the elite of the Khalsa, and individually very skilled (for example, being able to spear a tent-peg
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bushe
▪ I. bush, n.1 (bʊʃ) Forms: 3–7 busk, 4–7 buske; 4 bos(s)ch(e, bossh(e, buss(e, (also bousch(e, boysch, buysch(e), 4–5 busch(e, bussch(e, 4–6 bussh(e, 5 boshe, 6 bushe, buszhe, 5– bush; Sc. 6– bus, buss. [ME. busk, a. ON. busk-r (Da. busk, Sw. buske), cogn. w. OHG. bush (MHG. busch, bosch, Ger. busc...
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Judges 4
Jael" ( Yāʿēl) means "mountain goat" ("ibex"); perhaps she gave Sisear goat's milk) and covering him up to sleep, whereupon Jael struck him dead with a tent-peg
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stick
▪ I. stick, n.1 (stɪk) Forms: 1 sticca, 3–7 sticke, 3–5 stikke, 4–5 stykke, 4–6 stik, styke, 5 stike, 5–6 styk, stycke, 6 styck, stykk, 6– stick. [OE. sticca masc. = ? OS. stekko (Gallée), MDu. stecke masc., fem. also stec masc., neut. (mod.Du. stek fem.), OHG. stecko (MHG. stecke, mod.G. stecken):—...
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