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- A distinct group of objects or things
- (nautical) The angular difference at the vessel between the direction of true north and magnetic north. Also called magnetic declination.
- (board games) a line of play that differs from the original
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- turning.
verb
- (intransitive) To change direction or course suddenly; to swerve.
- (context, intransitive, of the wind) To change direction in a clockwise direction if in the Northern Hemisphere, or in a counterclockwise direction if in the Southern Hemisphere. <ref name="bowditch-2002">Bowditch 2002</ref>
- (context, intransitive, nautical, of the wind) To shift aft. <ref name="bowditch-2002" />
- (context, intransitive, nautical) To change direction into the wind; to wear ship.
- (transitive) To turn.
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- (nautical) A general term for all kinds of craft designed for transportation on water, such as ships or boats.
- 1719: w:Daniel Defoe, Daniel Defoe, w:Robinson Crusoe, Robinson Crusoe
- : ''But my hope was, that if I stood along this coast till I came to that part where the English traded, I should find some of their vessels upon their usual design of trade, that would relieve and take us in.
- A container.
- A person as a container of qualities or feelings.
- Dolly Parton, The Seeker lyrics:
- :I am a that"s empty and useless <BR />I am a bad seed that fell by the way<BR />I am a loser that wants to be a winner<BR />And you are my last hope<BR />Don"t turn me away.
- (biology) A tube or canal that carries fluid in an animal or plant.
- blood or lymph vessels in humans, xylem or phloem vessels in plants
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