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Puoys
| Глоссарий морской лексики и терминологии (английский язык) |
Spiked poles used in propelling barges or keels.
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Propelling, английский
Moving a train using a locomotive at its rear.
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Purchase a commission, to, английский
A practice in our army, which has been aptly termed the “buying of fetters;” it is the obtaining preferment at regulated prices. at present the total value of a commission in a regiment of infantry of the line ranges from ?450 for an ensigncy, up to ?4540 for a lieutenant-colonelcy, and higher in the other branches of the service.
Punk, английский
The interior of an excrescence on the oak-tree; used as tinder, and better known as touch-wood. (see spunk.)
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