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Page 98
... called ' hazards . ' The cues are long smooth sticks , with one end thick , and the other pointed ; and the small end is covered with leather . The maces - slender sticks with a club at one end , adapted for pushing - are rarely taken ...
... called ' hazards . ' The cues are long smooth sticks , with one end thick , and the other pointed ; and the small end is covered with leather . The maces - slender sticks with a club at one end , adapted for pushing - are rarely taken ...
Page 99
... called a love - game when no hazard has been made by the loser . As evidence of what may be done in the way of swift and sure performance by masters of this art , we may mention that two of them ( one of whom was the celebrated ...
... called a love - game when no hazard has been made by the loser . As evidence of what may be done in the way of swift and sure performance by masters of this art , we may mention that two of them ( one of whom was the celebrated ...
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... called Bittacle ( Fr. habi for containing a ship's compass , together with other apparatus ( especially a lamp ) essential to its use . generally two binnacles , one for In large ships , there are the steersman , and one for the officer ...
... called Bittacle ( Fr. habi for containing a ship's compass , together with other apparatus ( especially a lamp ) essential to its use . generally two binnacles , one for In large ships , there are the steersman , and one for the officer ...
Page 104
... called B. OIL ; it yields also the B. TAR , or Degutt , and sometimes called the SWEET B. or CHERRY B. which is employed in the preparation of Russia | ( B. lenta ) , also a tree of 70 feet or upwards in height , leather . Dried ...
... called B. OIL ; it yields also the B. TAR , or Degutt , and sometimes called the SWEET B. or CHERRY B. which is employed in the preparation of Russia | ( B. lenta ) , also a tree of 70 feet or upwards in height , leather . Dried ...
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... called the coracoid bones , to keep the shoulders separated , and to resist the compressing tendency of the action of the wings . The bones of the wing itself are regarded as corresponding to those of the anterior extremities in man and ...
... called the coracoid bones , to keep the shoulders separated , and to resist the compressing tendency of the action of the wings . The bones of the wing itself are regarded as corresponding to those of the anterior extremities in man and ...
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