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111Tightening — Tighten Tight en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tightened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tightening}.] To draw tighter; to straiten; to make more close in any manner. [1913 Webster] Just where I please, with tightened rein I ll urge thee round the dusty plain. Fawkes …
112Tightening pulley — Tighten Tight en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tightened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tightening}.] To draw tighter; to straiten; to make more close in any manner. [1913 Webster] Just where I please, with tightened rein I ll urge thee round the dusty plain. Fawkes …
113pinch — I. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French *pincher, pincer Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. a. to squeeze between the finger and thumb or between the jaws of an instrument b. to prune the tip of (a plant or shoot) usually to… …
114Women in Islam — The complex relationship between women and Islam is defined by both Islamic texts and the history and culture of the Muslim world.Haddad and Esposito, pp. xii] Sharia (Islamic law) provides for differences between women s and men s roles, rights …
115Siege of Oxford — The Siege of Oxford was a Parliamentarian victory late in the First English Civil War. Whereas the title of the event may suggest a single siege, there were in fact three individual engagements.The first engagement was in May 1644, during which… …
116pinch — pinchable, adj. /pinch/, v.t. 1. to squeeze or compress between the finger and thumb, the teeth, the jaws of an instrument, or the like. 2. to constrict or squeeze painfully, as a tight shoe does. 3. to cramp within narrow bounds or quarters: The …
117The Passion of Christ — The Passion of Christ (Devotion) † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Devotion to the Passion of Christ See also THE PASSION OF CHRIST IN THE GOSPELS. The sufferings of Our Lord, which culminated in His death upon the cross, seem to have… …
118scrimp — 1. noun A pinching miser; a niggard. 2. verb a) To make too small or short; to scant; to contract; to shorten. To scrimp the pattern of a coat …
119Jeremiah 19 — 1 Thus saith the LORD, Go and get a potter s earthen bottle, and take of the ancients of the people, and of the ancients of the priests; 2 And go forth unto the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is by the entry of the east gate, and proclaim… …
120arrest — Synonyms and related words: Jacksonian epilepsy, Rolandic epilepsy, abdominal epilepsy, abduction, absorb, absorb the attention, access, acquired epilepsy, activated epilepsy, affect epilepsy, akinetic epilepsy, apoplexy, apprehend, apprehension …
