gaffersail
-n.
A very old but important item of propulsive canvas.
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DavidH wrote:gaffersail
-n.
A very old but important item of propulsive canvas.
2. A sail that's been worn out and repaired so often, it consists entirely of gaffers' tape.
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gaffsail
-noun (cockney)
Gor blimey, guv! it's a sail wot yer gets fitted ter yer gaff! Then yer can sail yer gaff dahn the worter ter Eel Pie Island fer a luvverly bowl o' jellied eels an' a knees-up!
-noun (cockney)
Gor blimey, guv! it's a sail wot yer gets fitted ter yer gaff! Then yer can sail yer gaff dahn the worter ter Eel Pie Island fer a luvverly bowl o' jellied eels an' a knees-up!
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fanon
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1. a maniple.
2. Also called orale. a striped scarflike vestment worn by the pope over the alb when celebrating solemn Pontifical Mass.
-noun
1. a maniple.
2. Also called orale. a striped scarflike vestment worn by the pope over the alb when celebrating solemn Pontifical Mass.
"How is it that hardly any major religion has looked at science and concluded, 'This is better than we thought! The Universe is much bigger than our prophets said, grander, more subtle, more elegant. God must be even greater than we dreamed'? Instead they say, 'No, no, no! My god is a little god, and I want him to stay that way.'" - Carl Sagan
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DavidH wrote:maniple
-n.
a fanon
2. a non-lactating nipple, usually found on the male of the species.
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night manipulations
-noun
1. the act of turning into a non-lactating nipple under the influence of a full moon (cf pappilar lycanthropy).
2. er... something else. Ask your mother, I'm too busy right now...
-noun
1. the act of turning into a non-lactating nipple under the influence of a full moon (cf pappilar lycanthropy).
2. er... something else. Ask your mother, I'm too busy right now...
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"To argue with a person who has renounced reason is like administering medicine to the dead." ~ Thomas Paine.
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"I linked the number of MPs to the number of votes. If you'd done a real Science degree you'd understand sticking to the point." ~ daftbeaker.
"To argue with a person who has renounced reason is like administering medicine to the dead." ~ Thomas Paine.
"One should not believe everything one reads on the internet." ~ Abraham Lincoln.
"I linked the number of MPs to the number of votes. If you'd done a real Science degree you'd understand sticking to the point." ~ daftbeaker.
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Roy Hunter wrote:gaffsail
-noun (cockney)
Gor blimey, guv! it's a sail wot yer gets fitted ter yer gaff! Then yer can sail yer gaff dahn the worter ter Eel Pie Island fer a luvverly bowl o' jellied eels an' a knees-up!
Sorry mate you can't get eel pies let alone jellied eels from Eel Pie Island any more...all you are likely to get is an over priced piece of art or a brief sighting of Trevor Baylis trying to wind up one of his clockwork radios.
The smoke wafted gently in the breeze across the poop deck and all seemed right in the world.
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Amygdaliform. adj
1. Almond-shaped.
1. Almond-shaped.
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No Doctor Feelgood practising in a lockup garage, then? How very sad...black bart wrote:Sorry mate you can't get eel pies let alone jellied eels from Eel Pie Island any more...all you are likely to get is an over priced piece of art or a brief sighting of Trevor Baylis trying to wind up one of his clockwork radios.
amygdala
-noun
1. an almond-shaped group of nuclei located in the medial temporal lobe.
2. Aaron Helzinger, a character from the DC Comics Batman titles.
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"To argue with a person who has renounced reason is like administering medicine to the dead." ~ Thomas Paine.
"One should not believe everything one reads on the internet." ~ Abraham Lincoln.
"I linked the number of MPs to the number of votes. If you'd done a real Science degree you'd understand sticking to the point." ~ daftbeaker.
"To argue with a person who has renounced reason is like administering medicine to the dead." ~ Thomas Paine.
"One should not believe everything one reads on the internet." ~ Abraham Lincoln.
"I linked the number of MPs to the number of votes. If you'd done a real Science degree you'd understand sticking to the point." ~ daftbeaker.
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fetor
-noun
a strong, offensive smell; stench.
-noun
a strong, offensive smell; stench.
"How is it that hardly any major religion has looked at science and concluded, 'This is better than we thought! The Universe is much bigger than our prophets said, grander, more subtle, more elegant. God must be even greater than we dreamed'? Instead they say, 'No, no, no! My god is a little god, and I want him to stay that way.'" - Carl Sagan
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balustrade
-noun
a railing with supporting balusters.
-noun
a railing with supporting balusters.
"How is it that hardly any major religion has looked at science and concluded, 'This is better than we thought! The Universe is much bigger than our prophets said, grander, more subtle, more elegant. God must be even greater than we dreamed'? Instead they say, 'No, no, no! My god is a little god, and I want him to stay that way.'" - Carl Sagan
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PKMKII wrote:balustrade
-noun
a railing with supporting balusters.
balletstride
a dancer leaping over a balustrade
—Captain the Reverend Lord C.S. Rowan, Lord of Glencoe, Minister of Pastafarianism, Gentleman Pirate
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