Borough-English
(n.) A custom, as in some ancient boroughs, by which lands and tenements descend to the youngest son, instead of the eldest |
Broad gauge
() A wider distance between the rails than the "standard" gauge of four feet eight inches and a half. See Gauge. |
English
(a.) Of or pertaining to England, or to its inhabitants, or to the present so-called Anglo-Saxon race. |
English
(a.) See 1st Bond, n., 8. |
English
(n.) Collectively, the people of England |
English
(n.) The language of England or of the English nation, and of their descendants in America, India, and other countries. |
English
(n.) A kind of printing type, in size between Pica and Great Primer. See Type. |
English
(n.) A twist or spinning motion given to a ball in striking it that influences the direction it will take after touching a cushion or another ball. |
English
(v. t.) To translate into the English language |
English
(v. t.) To strike (the cue ball) in such a manner as to give it in addition to its forward motion a spinning motion, that influences its direction after impact on another ball or the cushion. |
Gauge
(v. t.) To measure or determine with a gauge. |
Gauge
(v. t.) To measure or to ascertain the contents or the capacity of, as of a pipe, barrel, or keg. |
Gauge
(v. t.) To measure the dimensions of, or to test the accuracy of the form of, as of a part of a gunlock. |
Gauge
(v. t.) To draw into equidistant gathers by running a thread through it, as cloth or a garment. |
Gauge
(v. t.) To measure the capacity, character, or ability of |
Gauge
(n.) A measure |
Gauge
(n.) Measure |
Gauge
(n.) Any instrument for ascertaining or regulating the dimensions or forms of things |
Gauge
(n.) Any instrument or apparatus for measuring the state of a phenomenon, or for ascertaining its numerical elements at any moment |
Gauge
(n.) Relative positions of two or more vessels with reference to the wind |
Gauge
(n.) The depth to which a vessel sinks in the water. |
Gauge
(n.) The distance between the rails of a railway. |
Gauge
(n.) The quantity of plaster of Paris used with common plaster to accelerate its setting. |
Gauge
(n.) That part of a shingle, slate, or tile, which is exposed to the weather, when laid |
Indo-English
(a.) Of or relating to the English who are born or reside in India |
Railway
(n.) A road or way consisting of one or more parallel series of iron or steel rails, patterned and adjusted to be tracks for the wheels of vehicles, and suitably supported on a bed or substructure. |
Railway
(n.) The road, track, etc., with all the lands, buildings, rolling stock, franchises, etc., pertaining to them and constituting one property |
Sea gauge
() See under Gauge, n. |
Standard
(n.) A flag |
Standard
(n.) That which is established by authority as a rule for the measure of quantity, extent, value, or quality |
Standard
(n.) That which is established as a rule or model by authority, custom, or general consent |
Standard
(n.) The proportion of weights of fine metal and alloy established by authority. |
Standard
(n.) A tree of natural size supported by its own stem, and not dwarfed by grafting on the stock of a smaller species nor trained upon a wall or trellis. |
Standard
(n.) The upper petal or banner of a papilionaceous corolla. |
Standard
(n.) An upright support, as one of the poles of a scaffold |
Standard
(n.) An inverted knee timber placed upon the deck instead of beneath it, with its vertical branch turned upward from that which lies horizontally. |
Standard
(n.) The sheth of a plow. |
Standard
(n.) A large drinking cup. |
Standard
(a.) Being, affording, or according with, a standard for comparison and judgment |
Standard
(a.) Hence: Having a recognized and permanent value |
Standard
(a.) Not supported by, or fastened to, a wall |
Standard
(a.) Not of the dwarf kind |
Standard-bred
(a.) Bred in conformity to a standard. Specif., applied to a registered trotting horse which comes up to the standard adopted by the National Association of Trotting-horse Breeders. |
Standard-wing
(n.) A curious paradise bird (Semioptera Wallacii) which has two long special feathers standing erect on each wing. |
Water gauge
() A wall or bank to hold water back. |
Water gauge
() An instrument for measuring or ascertaining the depth or quantity of water, or for indicating the height of its surface, as in the boiler of a steam engine. See Gauge. |
Underground Railroad
Underground Railway | secret aid to escaping slaves that was provided by abolitionists in the years before the American Civil War |
| body English | a motion of the body by a player as if to make an object already propelled go in the desired direction |
standing operating procedure
standard operating procedure
SOP
standard procedure | a prescribed procedure to be followed routinely, rote memorization has been the educator's standard operating procedure for centuries |
| English Civil War | civil war in England between the Parliamentarians and the Royalists under Charles I, - |
English Revolution
Glorious Revolution
Bloodless Revolution | the revolution against James II, there was little armed resistance to William and Mary in England although battles were fought in Scotland and Ireland (-) |
English sparrow
house sparrow
Passer domesticus | small hardy brown-and-grey bird native to Europe |
English lady crab
Portunus puber | crab of the English coasts |
| English toy spaniel | British breed having a long silky coat and rounded head with a short upturned muzzle |
| English foxhound | an English breed slightly larger than the American foxhounds originally used to hunt in packs |
| standard schnauzer | a medium-sized schnauzer |
| English setter | an English breed having a plumed tail and a soft silky coat that is chiefly white |
English springer
English springer spaniel | a breed having typically a black-and-white coat |
cocker spaniel
English cocker spaniel
cocker | a small breed with wavy silky hair, originally developed in England |
Old English sheepdog
bobtail | large sheepdog with a profuse shaggy bluish-grey-and-white coat and short tail, believed to trace back to the Roman occupation of Britain |
bulldog
English bulldog | a sturdy thickset short-haired breed with a large head and strong undershot lower jaw, developed originally in England for bull baiting |
| standard poodle | a breed or medium-sized poodles |
English sole
lemon sole Parophrys vitulus | popular pale brown food flatfish of the Pacific coast of North America |
anemometer
wind gauge
wind gage | a gauge for recording the speed and direction of wind |
| broad gauge | a railroad track (or its width) broader than the standard . inches |
cable railway
funicular
funicular railway | a railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars |
car railcar
railway car
railroad car | a wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad, three cars had jumped the rails |
Clark cell
Clark standard cell | a form of voltaic cell once used as a standard for electromotive force |
cog railway
rack railway | railway for steep mountains, a cogwheel on the locomotive engages cogs on a center rail to provide traction |
depth gauge
depth gage | a gauge for measuring the depth of grooves or holes or other concavities |
elevated railway
elevated railroad
elevated
el
overhead railway | a railway that is powered by electricity and that runs on a track that is raised above the street level |
English horn
cor anglais | a doubleeed woodwind instrument similar to an oboe but lower in pitch |
English saddle
English cavalry saddle | a saddle having a steel cantle and pommel and no horn |
fuel gauge
fuel indicator | an indicator of the amount of fuel remaining in a vehicle |
gasoline gauge
gasoline gage
gas gauge
gas gage
petrol gauge
petrol gage | gauge that indicates the amount of gasoline left in the gasoline tank of a vehicle |
gauge
gage | a measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc. |
line railway line
rail line | the road consisting of railroad track and roadbed |
locomotive
engine locomotive engine
railway locomotive | a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks |
micrometer
micrometer gauge
micrometer caliper | caliper for measuring small distances |
| narrow gauge | a railroad track (or its width) narrower than the standard . inches |
pressure gauge
pressure gage | gauge for measuring and indicating fluid pressure |
railroad track
railroad railway | a line of track providing a runway for wheels, he walked along the railroad track |
railway
railroad
railroad line
railway line railway system | line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight |
| railway junction | a junction where two or more railway lines meet or cross |
railway station
railroad station
railroad terminal
train station
train depot | terminal where trains load or unload passengers or goods |
rain gauge
rain gage
pluviometer
udometer | gauge consisting of an instrument to measure the quantity of precipitation |
| scenic railway | small railway in an amusement park |
| standard banner | any distinctive flag |
| standard | an upright pole or beam (especially one used as a support), distance was marked by standards every mile, lamps supported on standards provided illumination |
| standard cell | a primary cell used as a standard of electromotive force |
| standard gauge | railroad track having the standard width of . inches |
standard transmission
stick shift | a transmission that is operated manually with a gear lever and a clutch pedal |
strain gauge
strain gage | a gauge for measuring strain in a surface |
surface gauge
surface gage
scribing block | gauge consisting of a scriber mounted on an adjustable stand, used to test the accuracy of plane surfaces |
vacuum gauge
vacuum gage | a gauge for indicating negative atmospheric pressure |
water gauge
water gage
water glass | gauge for indicating the level of water in e.g. a tank or boiler or reservoir |