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Abbreviate :: Abbreviate (a.) Abbreviated; abridged; shortened.

Caput :: Caput (n.) The council or ruling body of the University of Cambridge prior to the constitution of 1856.

Cable :: Cable (n.) A rope of steel wire, or copper wire, usually covered with some protecting or insulating substance; as, the cable of a suspension bridge; a telegraphic cable..

Abregge :: Abregge (v. t.) See Abridge.

Retrench :: Retrench (v. t.) To lessen; to abridge; to curtail; as, to retrench superfluities or expenses..

Pier :: Pier (n.) Any detached mass of masonry, whether insulated or supporting one side of an arch or lintel, as of a bridge; the piece of wall between two openings..

Unabridged :: Unabridged (a.) Not abridged, or shortened; full; complete; entire; whole..

Petard :: Petard (n.) A case containing powder to be exploded, esp. a conical or cylindrical case of metal filled with powder and attached to a plank, to be exploded against and break down gates, barricades, drawbridges, etc. It has been superseded..

Wheatstone''s Bridge :: Wheatstone's bridge () See under Bridge.

Slow :: Slow (v. i.) To go slower; -- often with up; as, the train slowed up before crossing the bridge..

College :: College (n.) A society of scholars or friends of learning, incorporated for study or instruction, esp. in the higher branches of knowledge; as, the colleges of Oxford and Cambridge Universities, and many American colleges..

Tabernacle :: Tabernacle (n.) A boxlike step for a mast with the after side open, so that the mast can be lowered to pass under bridges, etc..

Anchor :: Anchor (v. t.) To fix or fasten; to fix in a stable condition; as, to anchor the cables of a suspension bridge..

Moderator :: Moderator (n.) In the University of Oxford, an examiner for moderations; at Cambridge, the superintendant of examinations for degrees; at Dublin, either the first (senior) or second (junior) in rank in an examination for the degree of Bachelor of Arts..

Hip :: Hip (n.) In a bridge truss, the place where an inclined end post meets the top chord..

Inched :: Inched (a.) Having or measuring (so many) inches; as, a four-inched bridge..

Commoner :: Commoner (n.) A student in the university of Oxford, Eng., who is not dependent on any foundation for support, but pays all university charges; - - at Cambridge called a pensioner..

Pontooning :: Pontooning (n.) The act, art, or process of constructing pontoon bridges..

Fabricate :: Fabricate (v. t.) To form into a whole by uniting its parts; to frame; to construct; to build; as, to fabricate a bridge or ship..

Piling :: Piling (n.) A series of piles; piles considered collectively; as, the piling of a bridge..

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