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  • CANT Z.511 — infobox Aircraft name = CANT Z.511 type = Seaplane manufacturer = Cantieri Riuniti dell Adriatico caption = designer = Filippo Zappata first flight = October 1940 introduction = retired = status = primary user = more users = produced = number… …   Wikipedia

  • political correctness — noun a) The concept that one has to shape their statements (if not their opinions) according to a certain political dogma, i.e. to be politically correct. 2002 I mean, people who talk about political correctness as being a kind of thought police… …   Wiktionary

  • Robert Cant — Infobox MP honorific prefix = name = Robert Cant honorific suffix = caption = constituency MP = Stoke on Trent Central parliament = UK majority = term start = 31 March, 1966 term end = 8 June, 1983 predecessor = Sir Barnett Stross successor =… …   Wikipedia

  • A straight face — Straight Straight, a. [Compar. {Straighter}; superl. {Straightest}.] [OE. strei?t, properly p. p. of strecchen to stretch, AS. streht, p. p. of streccan to stretch, to extend. See {Stretch}.] 1. Right, in a mathematical sense; passing from one… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • A straight line — Straight Straight, a. [Compar. {Straighter}; superl. {Straightest}.] [OE. strei?t, properly p. p. of strecchen to stretch, AS. streht, p. p. of streccan to stretch, to extend. See {Stretch}.] 1. Right, in a mathematical sense; passing from one… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Elementary machine — Machine Ma*chine (m[.a]*sh[=e]n ), n. [F., fr. L. machina machine, engine, device, trick, Gr. ?, from ? means, expedient. Cf. {Mechanic}.] 1. In general, any combination of bodies so connected that their relative motions are constrained, and by… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Gerrymander — Ger ry*man der, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gerrymandered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Gerrymandering}.] To divide (a State) into districts for the choice of representatives, in an unnatural and unfair way, with a view to give a political party an advantage over… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Gerrymandered — Gerrymander Ger ry*man der, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gerrymandered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Gerrymandering}.] To divide (a State) into districts for the choice of representatives, in an unnatural and unfair way, with a view to give a political party an… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Gerrymandering — Gerrymander Ger ry*man der, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gerrymandered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Gerrymandering}.] To divide (a State) into districts for the choice of representatives, in an unnatural and unfair way, with a view to give a political party an… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Heeler — Heel er, n. 1. A cock that strikes well with his heels or spurs. [1913 Webster] 2. A dependent and subservient hanger on of a political patron. [Political Cant, U. S.] [1913 Webster] The army of hungry heelers who do their bidding. The Century.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Infernal machine — Machine Ma*chine (m[.a]*sh[=e]n ), n. [F., fr. L. machina machine, engine, device, trick, Gr. ?, from ? means, expedient. Cf. {Mechanic}.] 1. In general, any combination of bodies so connected that their relative motions are constrained, and by… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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