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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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