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drifting mine |
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drifting mine [′drif·tiŋ ‚mīn] (ordnance) An underwater mine adjusted to float unanchored on or just below the surface of the water. 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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| Countless were the vessels and men that passed over our eastern and western horizons never to return; but whether they met their fates before the belching tubes of submarines or among the aimlessly drifting mine fields, no man lived to tell. |
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