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41Henry De Beauvoir Tupper — Captain Henry de Beauvoir Tupper, AM (7 April 1883 ?) was a British recipient of the Albert Medal. Early lifeHenry de Beauvoir Tupper joined the Royal Navy after leaving Framlingham College.First World WarHe served in the First World War, rising… …
42top-heavy — top heavily, adv. top heaviness, n. /top hev ee/, adj. 1. having the top disproportionately heavy; liable to fall from too great weight above. 2. relatively much heavier or larger above the center or waist than below: a top heavy wrestler. 3.… …
43unstable — unstableness, n. unstably, adv. /un stay beuhl/, adj. 1. not stable; not firm or firmly fixed; unsteady. 2. liable to fall or sway. 3. unsteadfast; inconstant; wavering: unstable convictions. 4. marked by emotional instability: an unstable person …
44tip — English has three distinct words tip, two of them possibly related. Tip ‘extremity’ [15] was probably borrowed from Old Norse typpi. This was descended from prehistoric Germanic *tupp ‘upper extremity’ (source also of English top and toupee). Tip …
45rickety — liable to fall down, 1680s, from RICKETS (Cf. rickets) (with + Y (Cf. y) (2)), via notion of weak, unhealthy. Literal sense is from c.1720 but never common in English. Of material things, from 1799 …
46unstable — early 13c., apt to move, from UN (Cf. un ) (1) not + STABLE (Cf. stable) (adj.). Cf. M.H.G. unstabel. Meaning liable to fall is recorded from c.1300; sense of fickle is attested from late 13c. An O.E. word for this was feallendlic, which might… …
47footsure — adj. not likely to stumble or trip, not liable to fall, surefooted …
48unsteady — adjective (unsteadier, unsteadiest) 1》 liable to fall or shake; not firm. 2》 not uniform or regular. Derivatives unsteadily adverb unsteadiness noun …
49run — I. v. n. 1. Race, step quickly, move swiftly. 2. Haste, hasten, hie, hurry, scud, scamper, scour, speed, post, trip. 3. Flow, glide, move, go proceed, stream, roll on, move on. 4. Fuse, melt, become fluid, be fusible. 5. Pass, proceed, advance,… …
50rickety — /ˈrɪkəti / (say rikuhtee) adjective 1. liable to fall or collapse; shaky: a rickety chair. 2. feeble in the joints; tottering; infirm. 3. irregular, as motion or action. 4. affected with or suffering from rickets. 5. relating to or of the nature… …
