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dragging piece — noun see dragging beam * * * (in a hipped roof) a short beam holding the foot of a hip rafter to counteract its thrust. Also called dragging beam, dragon beam, dragon piece … Useful english dictionary
dragging piece — (in a hipped roof) a short beam holding the foot of a hip rafter to counteract its thrust. Also called dragging beam, dragon beam, dragon piece. * * * … Universalium
dragging tie — noun see dragging beam … Useful english dictionary
dragon beam. — See dragging piece. [1695 1705] * * * … Universalium
dragon beam — noun A type of jetty that runs diagonally from one corner to another and supports the corner posts above, while being supported by corner posts below. Syn: dragging piece, dragon piece … Wiktionary
dragon beam. — See dragging piece. [1695 1705] … Useful english dictionary
commercial fishing — Introduction the taking of fish and other seafood and resources from oceans, rivers, and lakes for the purpose of marketing them. Fishing is one of the oldest employments of humankind. Ancient heaps of discarded mollusk shells (shell… … Universalium
Ronald Mallett — Infobox Scientist image width = 150px name = Ronald L. Mallett box width = birth date = birth date and age|1945|3|3 birth place = Roaring Spring, Pennsylvania, U.S. death date = death place = residence = citizenship = nationality = flagicon|USA… … Wikipedia
Kerr metric — In general relativity, the Kerr metric (or Kerr vacuum) describes the geometry of spacetime around a rotating massive body. According to this metric, such rotating bodies should exhibit frame dragging, an unusual prediction of general relativity; … Wikipedia
Scottish east coast fishery — The Scottish east coast fishery has been in existence for more than a thousand years, spanning the Viking period right up to the present day. A brief historyThe fishery has always been for both whitefish and herring. The Norsemen came to Scotland … Wikipedia
