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Oblique :: Oblique (v. i.) To march in a direction oblique to the line of the column or platoon; -- formerly accomplished by oblique steps, now by direct steps, the men half-facing either to the right or left..

Parallel :: Parallel (n.) Direction conformable to that of another line,.

File :: File (v. i.) To march in a file or line, as soldiers, not abreast, but one after another; -- generally with off..

Line :: Line (v. t.) To form into a line; to align; as, to line troops..

Bucking :: Bucking (n.) The act or process of soaking or boiling cloth in an alkaline liquid in the operation of bleaching; also, the liquid used..

Pass :: Pass (v. t.) To take a turn with (a line, gasket, etc.), as around a sail in furling, and make secure..

Broody :: Broody (a.) Inclined to brood.

Freight :: Freight (n.) Freight transportation, or freight line..

Seam :: Seam (v. t.) To mark with something resembling a seam; to line; to scar.

Exercise :: Exercise (n.) That which is done for the sake of exercising, practicing, training, or promoting skill, health, mental, improvement, moral discipline, etc.; that which is assigned or prescribed for such ends; hence, a disquisition; a lesson; a task; as, military or naval exercises; musical exercises; an exercise in composition..

Affectionated :: Affectionated (a.) Disposed; inclined.

Fronted :: Fronted (a.) Formed with a front; drawn up in line.

Clearer :: Clearer (n.) A tool of which the hemp for lines and twines, used by sailmakers, is finished..

Apomorphine :: Apomorphine (n.) A crystalline alkaloid obtained from morphia. It is a powerful emetic.

Collimate :: Collimate (v. t.) To render parallel to a certain line or direction; to bring into the same line, as the axes of telescopes, etc.; to render parallel, as rays of light..

Progenitor :: Progenitor (n.) An ancestor in the direct line; a forefather.

Lineal :: Lineal (a.) Composed of lines; delineated; as, lineal designs..

Crisscross :: Crisscross (n.) A child's game played on paper or on a slate, consisting of lines arranged in the form of a cross..

Abreast :: Abreast (adv.) Up to a certain level or line; equally advanced; as, to keep abreast of [or with] the present state of science..

Subcontrary :: Subcontrary (a.) Having, or being in, a contrary order; -- said of a section of an oblique cone having a circular base made by a plane not parallel to the base, but so inclined to the axis that the section is a circle; applied also to two similar triangles when so placed as to have a common angle at the vertex, the opposite sides not being parallel..

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