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Määritelmät

Substantiivit

1. (now uncommon) A hollow in a rock; a cave or cavern.
2. (British) A fellow; a man.
3. (architecture) A concave vault or archway, especially the arch of a ceiling.
4. (Australia) A friend; a mate.
5. A small coastal inlet, especially one having high cliffs protecting vessels from prevailing winds.
6. (US) A strip of prairie extending into woodland.
7. A recess or sheltered area on the slopes of a mountain.
8. (nautical) The wooden roof of the stern gallery of an old sailing warship.
9. (nautical) A thin line, sometimes gilded, along a yacht's strake below deck level.

Verbit

1. (architecture) To arch over; to build in a hollow concave form; to make in the form of a cove.
2. To brood, cover, over, or sit over, as birds their eggs.