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Hydrogenation

(1951 Edn., Vol. 11, p. 978) as 'the treatment of a substance with hydrogen so that this combines directly with the substance treatment of a substance with hydrogen so that this combines directly with the substance treated.

Consanguinity, or kindred

either lineal or collateral. Lineal is that which subsists between persons, of whom one is descended in a direct line from the other, as between son, father, grandfather, great grandfather, and so upwards in the direct ascending

Claymore mine

mine designed to produce a high velocity spray of steel fragments in a relatively narrow fan shaped cone directed toward the enemy They are usually detonated by an electrical remote control

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sexual harassment

sexual harassment : employment discrimination consisting of unwelcome verbal or physical conduct directed at an employee because of his or her sex ;also : the tort of engaging in such discrimination

stalking

esp. because of express or implied threats ;broadly : a crime of engaging in a course of conduct directed at a person that serves no legitimate purpose and seriously alarms, annoys, or intimidates that person NOTE: Stalking

variance

(as in an indictment or complaint) and proof offered at trial that warrants an appropriate remedy (as a directed verdict or an acquittal) when prejudicial to the substantial rights of the defendant 2 : an authorization to

writ

name of the sovereign or of a court or judicial officer commanding the person to whom it is directed to perform or refrain from performing a specified act NOTE: The writ was a vital official instrument in

Cynosure

Bear Ursa Minor to which as containing the polar star the eyes of mariners and travelers were often directed

CO2 extinguisher

release of the gas is usually accomplished through a hose attached to a funnel shaped vent which is directed at the base of the fire and when released part of the carbon dioxide is chilled sufficiently to

Collateral

Coming from being on or directed toward the side as collateral pressure

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