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• Music engraving — Sample of hand copied music manuscript, in ink, of a piece composed for piano. Music engraving is the art of drawing music notation at high quality for the purpose of mechanical reproduction. The term music copying is almost equivalent, though… …   Wikipedia

• Arkansas toothpick —    obsolete    a dagger    This is a sample entry, many weapons being given geographical attributions, either mocking the uncouthness of the local inhabitants or applauding their manliness:     ... the Kentucky abolitionist Cassius Marcellus Clay …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

• foot —    obsolete British    to take money from new employees to buy intoxicants    An initiation ceremony, perhaps a shortened form of foot the bill:     When he wor lowse on his prentis ship his shopmates footed him. (Treddlehoyle, 1875)    A footing …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

• reading Geneva print —    obsolete    drunk    This is a sample entry of several literary puns on the city noted for its piety and its printing, and on gin, which was also then called Geneva, from the French genièvre, the juniper berry:     You have been reading Geneva …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

• swim for a wizard —    obsolete Lancashire    to test for magical powers of evil Witchcraft was a fruitful subject for taboo and euphemism. I include this sample entry to remind us of the social behaviour and beliefs of our recent ancestors, which were not confined… …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

• Serial digital interface — (SDI) refers to a family of video interfaces standardized by SMPTE. [cite book | title = Digital Video and HDTV | author = Charles A. Poynton | publisher = Morgan Kaufmann | year = 2003 | isbn = 1558607927 | url = http://books.google.com/books?id …   Wikipedia

• test — 1. To prove; to try a substance; to determine the chemical nature of a substance by means of reagents. 2. A method of examination, as to determine the presence or absence of a definite disease or of some substance in any of the fluids, tissues,… …   Medical dictionary

• Drilling rig — For a detailed diagram of a Petroleum drilling rig, see List of components of oil drilling rigs. Drilling rig preparing rock blasting …   Wikipedia

• List of file formats — This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries. See also: List of file formats (alphabetical) This is a list of file formats… …   Wikipedia

• Differences between Malaysian and Indonesian — The differences between Malaysian (Bahasa Malaysia) or Malay (Bahasa Melayu) and Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia) are significantly greater than those between British English and American English. They are roughly mutually intelligible, but with… …   Wikipedia

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