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Traditional English :: Mach
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machnation.html - n. (in full Mach number) the ratio of the speed of a body to the speed of sound in the surrounding medium. Mach one (or two etc.) the speed (or twice the speed) of sound. [E. Mach, Austrian physicist d. 1916] |
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Traditional English :: machete
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machnation.html - n. (also matchet) a broad heavy knife used in Central America and the W. Indies as an implement and weapon. [Sp. f. macho hammer f. LL marcus] |
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Traditional English :: machiavellian
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machnation.html - adj. elaborately cunning; scheming, unscrupulous. machiavellianism n. [N. dei Machiavelli, Florentine statesman and political writer d. 1527, who advocated resort to morally questionable methods in the interests of the State] |
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Traditional English :: machicolate
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machnation.html - v.tr. (usu. as machicolated adj.) furnish (a parapet etc.) with openings between supporting corbels for dropping stones etc. on attackers. machicolation n. [OF machicoler, ult. f. Prov. machacol f. macar crush + col neck] |
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Traditional English :: machinable
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machnation.html - adj. capable of being cut by machine tools. |
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Traditional English :: machinate
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machnation.html - v.intr. lay plots; intrigue. machination n. machinator n. [L machinari contrive (as MACHINE)] |
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