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Keywords: Sail, Clew, Boom, Fore, Aft
A rope or chain which regulates the angle of adjustment of a sail in relation in relation to the wind; -- usually attached to the lower corner of a sail, or to a yard or a boom.
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The space in the forward or the after part of a boat where there are no rowers; as, fore sheets; stern sheets.
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Line used to control the angle of a sail with respect to apparent wind.
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A line controlling the position of a sail, attached to a lower corner of a sail, or attached to the boom.
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In general, a large, broad piece of anything thin, as paper, cloth, etc.; a broad, thin portion of any substance; an expanded superficies.
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A broad piece of cloth, usually linen or cotton, used for wrapping the body or for a covering; especially, one used as an article of bedding next to the body.
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A broad piece of paper, whether folded or unfolded, whether blank or written or printed upon; hence, a letter; a newspaper, etc.
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A broad, thinly expanded portion of metal or other substance; as, a sheet of copper, of glass, or the like; a plate; a leaf.
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A thin, flat rolled metal product having mill or cut edges.
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A thin flat piece of clay. A pasta machine is really useful for getting consistent regular sheets but you can also make them using a rolling pin or brayer.
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A general term for plastic having a thickness of 0.010" or more.
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A square or rectangular piece of corrugated.
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Keywords: Curling, Ice, Rink, Play, Wedding
The strip of ice upon which the game is being played. A curling club will have several sheets of ice to play on.
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The specific playing surface upon which a curling game is played.
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The 146-foot-long area of the ice on which the game is played.
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The playing area. It is 44.5m long and allows play in both directions.
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Keywords: Pane, Stamps, Octavo, Quarto, Folio
a unit of sheet stamps as produced on a printing press that is subdivided into panes. A sheet contains two or more panes. Early sheets contained two panes. Most 20th century sheets contained four panes. Modern sheets may contain six or more panes. Although there are exceptions, sheet stamps are generally sold to the public only in pane format, not in sheet format. In popular usage the term "sheet" is incorrectly used for a "pane."
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A complete unit of stamps as printed. Stamps are usually printed in large sheets and are separated into two or more panes before shipment to post offices.
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used for writing or printing
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a single instance of a medium, whether printing on one or both sides of the medium
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the mechanism for breaking large objects models into a series of pages
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One page of a spreadsheet
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An internal spreadsheet that contains the cells, rows, and sections that define a document, page, style, or shape object.
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