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Journal :: "Journal (a.) A daily register of the ship's course and distance, the winds, weather, incidents of the voyage, etc..

Walk :: Walk (n.) Manner of walking; gait; step; as, we often know a person at a distance by his walk..

Bowshot :: Bowshot (n.) The distance traversed by an arrow shot from a bow.

Walk :: Walk (n.) That in or through which one walks; place or distance walked over; a place for walking; a path or avenue prepared for foot passengers, or for taking air and exercise; way; road; hence, a place or region in which animals may graze; place of wandering; range; as, a sheep walk..

Spy :: Spy (v. t.) To gain sight of; to discover at a distance, or in a state of concealment; to espy; to see..

Elongation :: Elongation (n.) Removal to a distance; withdrawal; a being at a distance; distance.

Perspective :: Perspective (a.) The effect of distance upon the appearance of objects, by means of which the eye recognized them as being at a more or less measurable distance. Hence, aerial perspective, the assumed greater vagueness or uncertainty of outline in distant objects..

Buskin :: Buskin (n.) A strong, protecting covering for the foot, coming some distance up the leg..

Scale :: Scale (n.) A mathematical instrument, consisting of a slip of wood, ivory, or metal, with one or more sets of spaces graduated and numbered on its surface, for measuring or laying off distances, etc., as in drawing, plotting, and the like. See Gunter's scale..

Tetrapody :: Tetrapody (n.) A set of four feet; a measure or distance of four feet.

Lift :: Lift (n.) The space or distance through which anything is lifted; as, a long lift..

Flag :: Flag (v. t.) To convey, as a message, by means of flag signals; as, to flag an order to troops or vessels at a distance..

Random :: Random (n.) Distance to which a missile is cast; range; reach; as, the random of a rifle ball..

Wardian :: Wardian (a.) Designating, or pertaining to, a kind of glass inclosure for keeping ferns, mosses, etc., or for transporting growing plants from a distance; as, a Wardian case of plants; -- so named from the inventor, Nathaniel B. Ward, an Englishman..

Backlash :: Backlash (n.) The distance through which one part of connected machinery, as a wheel, piston, or screw, can be moved without moving the connected parts, resulting from looseness in fitting or from wear; also, the jarring or reflex motion caused in badly fitting machinery by irregularities in velocity or a reverse of motion..

Distance :: Distance (n.) Space between two antagonists in fencing.

Estrange :: Estrange (v. t.) To withdraw; to withhold; hence, reflexively, to keep at a distance; to cease to be familiar and friendly with..

Measure :: Measure (n.) To pass throught or over in journeying, as if laying off and determining the distance..

Distance :: Distance (n.) The part of a picture which contains the representation of those objects which are the farthest away, esp. in a landscape..

Northeast :: Northeast (n.) The point between the north and east, at an equal distance from each; the northeast part or region..

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