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(military, Britain, Canada) The positions or activity assumed by the crew of a warship immediately in advance of combat or other hostile action; general quarters; also, the signal given to indicate such imminent action.
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(also figuratively) An avenue, passage, or way by which a building or place can be approached; an access.
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Alternative form of Armstrong limit [Synonym of Armstrong line]
adv
Alternative spelling of a ways
n
A favourite route through a town or city, often used as a shortcut.
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Alternative form of back-door pilot [(film, television) A film, miniseries, or episode that serves as a proof of concept for a new full television series, but may be broadcast on its own even if the full series does not come to fruition.]
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(countable) The rear window of a motor car.
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(military) The position taken by a member of a military force when preparing for battle
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Alternative form of battleline [line of battle]
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Alternative spelling of beeline [A very direct or quick path or trip.]
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To travel quickly in a police or ambulance vehicle with the lightbar (and possibly the siren) activated.
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Alternative spelling of breadline [A line of people waiting to receive food from a charity.]
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(figuratively) Subsistence level.
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(idiomatic) A desire, idea, or plan that is unlikely to ever be realized; a visionary project or scheme; a daydream, an idle fancy, a near impossibility.
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Alternative spelling of chequered flag [(motor racing) A black-and-white chequered flag which signifies the end of a race.]
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Alternative form of chowline [A line of people waiting for food.]
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A passageway or opening between two locations; connection.
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(military) Rear part of a theater of war or theater of operations (behind but contiguous to the combat zone) which contains the lines of communications, establishments for supply and evacuation, and other agencies required for the immediate support and maintenance of the field forces. Also called COMMZ.
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A place where people meet for a particular purpose.
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A trip that goes in the opposite direction of most commuters' travel direction.
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(US) A border between two counties.
adj
Situated at the other end of town.
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(politics, military) A geopolitical border, often agreed upon as part of an armistice or ceasefire.
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The proceeds from entrance fees and/or ticket sales at a venue such as a bar or nightclub, especially in relation to portion paid to the entertainers. "The bar owner gives each band a percentage of the door and charges customers more to get in"
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(military) A formation of troops, ships, etc., in diagonal parallel rows.
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(by extension) A minor split (in public opinion etc) that may develop into something larger
v
(computing) To signal (an event).
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(transitive) To turn (an image intensifier) on and off selectively as needed, or to avoid damage from excessive light exposure. See autogating.
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A decommissioned aircraft, artillery piece, or tank, displayed near the entrance to an airport or military base.
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A residential area with restricted access, such as by a locked gate or guard post
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An entrance capable of being blocked by use of a gate.
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A demarcation line, such as that separating Israeli and Palestinian/other Arab territories according to a 1949 armistice, or that separating the Republic of Cyprus from the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.
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(automotive) The shortest distance between a level surface, and any part (other than tires or equivalent) of the underside of a vehicle standing on that surface.
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A turn-around; a parking area constructed in a subdivision for initial access and construction.
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A kind of signpost indicating what lies in various directions.
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(computing, networking) To create a NAT, WAN-to-LAN port forwarding on the router.
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(historical) An Ancient Roman road map in the form of a listing of cities, villages and other stops, with the intervening distances.
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Alternative spelling of lifeline [A line to which a drowning or falling victim may cling.]
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Alternative spelling of lifeline [A line to which a drowning or falling victim may cling.]
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(by extension) A source of salvation in a crisis.
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A more-or-less straight sequence of people, objects, etc., either arranged as a queue or column and often waiting to be processed or dealt with, or arranged abreast of one another in a row (and contrasted with a column), as in a military formation.
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(military) The networks of land, water, and air routes that connects a battlefield and its military personnel, supplies, etc.
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Alternative spelling of lineup [(US, law and law enforcement) a physical or photographic queue of people allegedly involved in a crime, allowing a witness to identify them]
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Alternative form of Mason-Dixon Line [(historical) The boundary line between Pennsylvania and Maryland, as run (1764–1767) by Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon, that, before abolition, defined part of the northern boundary of states in which slavery was permitted.]
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Alternative form of Mason-Dixon Line [(historical) The boundary line between Pennsylvania and Maryland, as run (1764–1767) by Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon, that, before abolition, defined part of the northern boundary of states in which slavery was permitted.]
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Alternative letter-case form of Mason-Dixon Line [(historical) The boundary line between Pennsylvania and Maryland, as run (1764–1767) by Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon, that, before abolition, defined part of the northern boundary of states in which slavery was permitted.]
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(informal, Canada, US) The Canada-United States border; the 49th parallel north: a circle of latitude that is 49° north of Earth's equator.
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A hiking trail that runs through the countryside, along which there are marked stations or stops next to points of natural, technological, or cultural interest.
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(military) Acronym of order of battle. [(military) The arrangement of units or other divisions of the armed forces in combat; specifically, the deployment plans of an enemy, or a written record of this.]
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(often in the plural) A separation barrier in Northern Ireland that separates a predominantly republican and Catholic neighbourhood from a predominantly loyalist and unionist Protestant neighbourhood.
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Alternative spelling of plotline [The basic plot of a story or group of stories]
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A person in control of the entrance to a building.
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(networking, transitive) To scan (a network host) in order to detect open ports.
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(figuratively) A boundary or limit which should not be crossed.
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A diagrammatic book describing a rally route.
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(New England, Atlantic Canada) A roundabout, traffic circle.
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(archaic) A round dance.
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A tool for finding optimal routes from one place to another, usually for traveling by car.
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Synonym of sawdust trail
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(idiomatic, by extension, dated) The path to spiritual redemption or salvation, especially as involving attendance at Christian revival meetings presided over by itinerant preachers in the United States.
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A strategy for big city walking to avoid staying on the same street; it involves turning at a corner, walking to the end of the block, crossing the street, then repeating
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To put in place to perform military duty.
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A detail-oriented individual.
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(military) An area within an operational area or battlefield (usually in a sheltered location), where a military unit assembles and makes final preparations for an attack before moving to the line of departure, which is the starting line for the attack.
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(anatomy, obsolete) A tract.
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A route for travel over land, especially a narrow, unpaved pathway for use by hikers, horseback riders, etc.
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Part of an object which extends some distance beyond the main body of the object.
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A person who trains another; a coach.
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A list and record of instructions that follows a part in a manufacturing process.
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The line (path) of a trench (chiefly a combat trench, but also e.g. one for burying a pipe).
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Alternative spelling of trend line [A line on a graph, drawn through points that vary widely, that shows the general trend of a real-world function; often generated using linear regression]
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Alternative spelling of V-line. [(slang) The iliac furrow.]
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A sign that indicates a danger, for example to vehicles on a road or of hazardous chemicals.
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