Ray: alternatives and connections

A piece of heavy ordnance formerly used for throwing stones and other ponderous missiles. It was the earliest kind of cannon.

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The torpedo, or electric ray, the touch of which gives an electric shock. See Electric fish, and Torpedo.

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A huge ray (Manta birostris / Cephaloptera vampyrus) of the Gulf of Mexico and Southern Atlantic coasts. Several other related species take the same…

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See Coleoptera and Sea devil.

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A ray of light from the moon.

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The torpedo, which numbs by the electric shocks which it gives.

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Any one of several species of elasmobranch fishes of the genus Pristis. They have a sharklike form, but are more nearly allied to the rays. The flatt…

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A metallic runner with a frame shaped to fit the sole of a shoe, -- made to be fastened under the foot, and used for moving rapidly on ice.

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A beam or ray of the sun.

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Any one of numerous species of elasmobranch fishes belonging to Torpedo and allied genera. They are related to the rays, but have the power of giving…

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Of or pertaining to the Elasmobranchii.

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To send forth; to throw or give out; to cause to issue; to give vent to; to eject; to discharge; as, fire emits heat and smoke; boiling water emits s…

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To stretch out; to prolong in space; to carry forward or continue in length; as, to extend a line in surveying; to extend a cord across the street.

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Gone.

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One of the elements, a heavy, pliable, inelastic metal, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished. It is both malleable and ductile, though…

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That agent, force, or action in nature by the operation of which upon the organs of sight, objects are rendered visible or luminous.

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To go; to move; to proceed; to be moved or transferred from one point to another; to make a transit; -- usually with a following adverb or adverbal p…

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A stalk which supports one flower or fruit, whether solitary or one of many ultimate divisions of a common peduncle. See Peduncle, and Illust. of Flo…

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Same as Pedicel.

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The act of proceeding; continued forward movement; procedure; progress; advance.

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of Run

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One of the Selachii. See Illustration in Appendix.

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A sharp appendage to any of a plant; a thorn.

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To handle; to manage; to use; to bear one's self toward; as, to treat prisoners cruelly; to treat children kindly.

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Same as Radius vector.

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To carve or cut up, as a chub.

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Any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use.

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To throw rays of light upon; to illuminate; to brighten; to adorn with luster.

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Act of irradiating, or state of being irradiated.

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To emit rays; to be radiant; to shine.

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A syllable applied in solmization to the second tone of the diatonic scale of C; in the American system, to the second tone of any diatonic scale.

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The slender, smooth stem of an arrow; hence, an arrow.

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