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A local tax paid by a ship for the ground or space it occupies while in port.
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A lock for a gun or pistol, having a flint fixed in the hammer, which on stricking the steel ignites the priming.
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A logarithmic line on Gunter's scale, used for performing the multiplication and division of numbers mechanically by the dividers; -- called also line of lines, and line of numbers.
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A long and narrow corridor, or place for walking; a connecting passageway, as between one room and another; also, a long hole or passage excavated by a boring or burrowing animal.
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A long bag net distended by hoops, into which fish can pass easily, without being able to return; -- called also fyke net.
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A long, footless lizard (Ophiosaurus ventralis), of the Southern United States; -- so called from its fragility, the tail easily breaking into small pieces. It grows to the length of three feet. The name is applied also to similar species found in the Old World.
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A long, narrow foot, carried (that is, produced or extending) forward; -- said of dogs.
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