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The word mail comes from the Middle English word male, referring to a travelling bag or pack. [2] It was spelled in that manner until the 17th century and is distinct from the word male. The French have a similar word, malle, for a trunk or large box, and mála is the Irish term for a bag.
A certificate issued by a port indicating that a ship carries no infectious diseases. Also called a pratique. clean slate At the helm, the watchkeeper would record details of speed, distances, headings, etc. on a slate. At the beginning of a new watch the slate would be wiped clean. clear 1.
A method of turning a vehicle around (making a 180° turn) in close quarters, such as in the middle of a road at a point other than an intersection. Three-way junction, 3-way junction, 3-way intersection, Y junction, Y intersection, T junction, or T intersection a type of road intersection with three arms. A Y junction generally has 3 arms of ...
A pillar boutant is a large chain or jamb of stone, made to support a wall, terrace, or vault. The word is French, and comes from the verb bouter, "to butt" or "abut". [4] Bracket (see also corbel) A weight-bearing member made of wood, stone, or metal that overhangs a wall. Bressummer
Also called a pillow or cross head. 1. A shoulder. 2. A timber situated between a post and a beam to increase the bearing or shorten the span. bolt A piece of log cut to a specific length, usually a short length from which products such as shingles are split or cut. Sometimes also called a billet or round. bow saw. Also simply called a bow. brace
Both letters were also used by Anglo-Saxon scribes who also used the Runic letter Wynn to represent /w/. Þ (called thorn; lowercase þ) is also a Runic letter. Ð (called eth; lowercase ð) is the letter D with an added stroke. Kiowa is ordered on phonetic principles, like the Brahmic scripts, rather than on the historical Latin order.
In linguistics, an affix is a morpheme that is attached to a word stem to form a new word or word form. The main two categories are derivational and inflectional affixes. . Derivational affixes, such as un-, -ation, anti-, pre-etc., introduce a semantic change to the word they are atta
Post, an entry in a blog or an Internet forum; see posting style Part-of-speech tagging or POST, the process of marking up a word in a text (corpus) as corresponding to a particular part of speech Postscript , a sentence, paragraph, or longer text addended to a main document, such as a letter