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perpendiculars [¦pər·pən¦dik·yə·lərz] (naval architecture) Vertical lines through the intersections of the fore and aft ends of a ship with the design waterline. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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If there had been a ladder applied to the front of the house, even one of the vertiginous perpendiculars employed by painters and roofers and sometimes left standing overnight, he would have managed somehow, astride of the window-sill, to compass by outstretched leg and arm that mode of descent. |
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