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buckle [′bək·əl] (graphic arts) Curvature in a film that has been stored at an improper humidity. (metallurgy) An up-and-down wrinkle on the surface of a metal bar or sheet. 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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| Carpenter, when he's through with that buckle, tell him to forge a pair of steel shoulder-blades; there's a pedlar aboard with a crushing pack. Take the whole of the nineteenth century in which Buckle lived. A richly wrought leathern girdle, studded with precious stones, and held in place by a huge carved buckle of gold, clasped the garment about her waist so that the upper portion fell outward over the girdle after the manner of a blouse. |
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