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Charities, or Public Trusts
Charities, or Public Trusts. One of the earliest fruits of the Emperor Constantine's zeal, or pretended zeal, for Christianity, was a permission to his subjects to bequeath their property to the Church. This permission was soon...
Hovercraft
to be supported when in motion wholly or partly by air expelled from the vehicle to form a cushion of which the boundaries include the ground, water or other surface beneath the vehicle. (English) Hovercraft Act, 1968,
Divan
Divan [an Arabic or Turkish word], a council-room, a state-chamber, a raised bench or cushion.
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magnetic levitation
vehicles and is used eg in high speed rail technology where a train is suspended on a magnetic cushion above a magnetized track and so travels free of friction
VerbarSachet
A scent bag or perfume cushion to be laid among handkerchiefs garments etc to perfume them
Roque
for greater accuracy of play The court has a wood border often faced with rubber used as a cushion in bank shots The balls are 314 in in diameter the cage center arches or wickets 338 in
dashpot
device containing a piston that moves in a fluid filled chamber to serve as a pneumatic or hydraulic cushion for a falling weight as in the valve gear of a steam engine to prevent shock
Cushionless
Not furnished with a cushion
cushioned
furnished with a cushion or other device to reduce hardness
Bolster
A long pillow or cushion used to support the head of a person lying on a bed generally laid under the pillows
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