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Traditional English :: SAS
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sasafras.html - abbr.
(in the UK) Special Air Service. |
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Traditional English :: sash(1)
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sasafras.html - n. a long strip or loop of cloth etc. worn over one shoulder usu. as part of a uniform or insignia, or worn round the waist, usu. by a woman or child. sashed adj. [earlier shash f. Arab. sas muslin, turban] |
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Traditional English :: sash(2)
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sasafras.html - n. 1 a frame holding the glass in a sash-window and usu. made to slide up and down in the grooves of a window aperture. 2 the glazed sliding light of a glasshouse or garden frame. sash-cord a strong cord attaching the sash-weights to a sash. sash-tool a glazier's or painter's brush for work on sash-windows. sash-weight a weight attached to each end of a sash to balance it at any height. sash-window a window with one or two sashes of which one or each can be slid vertically over the other to make an opening. sashed adj. [sashes corrupt. of CHASSIS, mistaken for pl.] |
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Traditional English :: sashay
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sasafras.html - v.intr. esp. US colloq. walk or move ostentatiously, casually, or diagonally. [corrupt. of CHASSò] |
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Traditional English :: sashimi
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sasafras.html - n.
a Japanese dish of garnished raw fish in thin slices. [Jap.] |
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Traditional English :: sasin
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sasafras.html - n.
= BLACKBUCK. [Nepali] |
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