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Broad gauge

A wider distance between the rails than the "standard" gauge of four feet eight inches and a half. See Gauge.

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Gauge 76% connected

To measure or determine with a gauge.

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Railroad 76% connected

Alt. of Railway

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Railway 76% connected

A road or way consisting of one or more parallel series of iron or steel rails, patterned and adjusted to be tracks for the wheels of vehicles, and s…

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Accent noun · 78% connection

A superior force of voice or of articulative effort upon some particular syllable of a word or a phrase, distinguishing it from the ot…

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Blacksnake noun · 78% connection

A snake of a black color, of which two species are common in the United States, the Bascanium constrictor, or racer, sometimes six fee…

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Boomerang noun · 78% connection

A very singular missile weapon used by the natives of Australia and in some parts of India. It is usually a curved stick of hard wood,…

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Clearance noun · 78% connection

The act of clearing; as, to make a thorough clearance.

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Cord noun · 78% connection

A string, or small rope, composed of several strands twisted together.

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Durion noun · 78% connection

The fruit of the durio. It is oval or globular, and eight or ten inches long. It has a hard prickly rind, containing a soft, cream-col…

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Elongation noun · 78% connection

The act of lengthening, or the state of being lengthened; protraction; extension.

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Finger noun · 78% connection

One of the five terminating members of the hand; a digit; esp., one of the four extermities of the hand, other than the thumb.

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Foolscap noun · 78% connection

A writing paper made in sheets, ordinarily 16 x 13 inches, and folded so as to make a page 13 x 8 inches. See Paper.

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Four-in-hand adjective · 78% connection

Consisting of four horses controlled by one person; as, a four-in-hand team; drawn by four horses driven by one person; as, a four-in-…

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Fuchsia noun · 78% connection

A genus of flowering plants having elegant drooping flowers, with four sepals, four petals, eight stamens, and a single pistil. They a…

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Gage noun · 78% connection

A pledge or pawn; something laid down or given as a security for the performance of some act by the person depositing it, and forfeite…

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Gauging rod unknown · 78% connection

See Gauge rod, under Gauge, n.

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Half adjective · 78% connection

Consisting of a moiety, or half; as, a half bushel; a half hour; a half dollar; a half view.

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Hemihedral adjective · 78% connection

Having half of the similar parts of a crystals, instead of all; consisting of half the planes which full symmetry would require, as wh…

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Indicator noun · 78% connection

One who, or that which, shows or points out; as, a fare indicator in a street car.

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Key noun · 78% connection

An instrument by means of which the bolt of a lock is shot or drawn; usually, a removable metal instrument fitted to the mechanism of…

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Knot noun · 78% connection

A fastening together of the pars or ends of one or more threads, cords, ropes, etc., by any one of various ways of tying or entangling.

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