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Diagonal :: Diagonal (n.) A diagonal cloth; a kind of cloth having diagonal stripes, ridges, or welts made in the weaving..

Springal :: Spring (v. i.) A line led from a vessel's quarter to her cable so that by tightening or slacking it she can be made to lie in any desired position; a line led diagonally from the bow or stern of a vessel to some point upon the wharf to which she is moored.

Macrodiagonal :: Macrodiagonal (n.) The longer of two diagonals, as of a rhombic prism. See Crystallization..

Arriswise :: Arriswise (adv.) Diagonally laid, as tiles; ridgewise..

Diagonal :: Diagonal (n.) A member, in a framed structure, running obliquely across a panel..

Bimedial :: Bimedial (a.) Applied to a line which is the sum of two lines commensurable only in power (as the side and diagonal of a square).

Brachydiagonal :: Brachydiagonal (n.) The shorter of the diagonals in a rhombic prism.

Macro- :: Macro- () A combining form signifying long, large, great; as macrodiagonal, macrospore..

Checkers :: Checkers (v.) A game, called also daughts, played on a checkerboard by two persons, each having twelve men (counters or checkers) which are moved diagonally. The game is ended when either of the players has lost all his men, or can not move them..

Cross-springer :: Cross-springer (n.) One of the ribs in a groined arch, springing from the corners in a diagonal direction. [See Illustr. of Groined vault.].

Kite :: Kite (n.) A quadrilateral, one of whose diagonals is an axis of symmetry..

Ortho- :: Ortho- () A combining form signifying straight, right, upright, correct, regular; as, orthodromy, orthodiagonal, orthodox, orthographic..

Sprite :: Sprit (v. i.) A small boom, pole, or spar, which crosses the sail of a boat diagonally from the mast to the upper aftmost corner, which it is used to extend and elevate..

Bias :: Bias (n.) A slant; a diagonal; as, to cut cloth on the bias..

Pointer :: Pointer (n.) Diagonal braces sometimes fixed across the hold.

Twill :: Twill (v. i.) To weave, as cloth, so as to produce the appearance of diagonal lines or ribs on the surface..

Polemoscope :: Polemoscope (n.) An opera glass or field glass with an oblique mirror arranged for seeing objects do not lie directly before the eye; -- called also diagonal, / side, opera glass..

Brace :: Brace (n.) A piece of material used to transmit, or change the direction of, weight or pressure; any one of the pieces, in a frame or truss, which divide the structure into triangular parts. It may act as a tie, or as a strut, and serves to prevent distortion of the structure, and transverse strains in its members. A boiler brace is a diagonal stay, connecting the head with the shell..

Orthopinacoid :: Orthopinacoid (n.) A name given to the two planes in the monoclinic system which are parallel to the vertical and orthodiagonal axes.

Ragguled :: Ragguled (a.) Notched in regular diagonal breaks; -- said of a line, or a bearing having such an edge..

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