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manoeuvre

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manoeuvre (US), maneuver
1. Aerounautics a planned movement of an aircraft in flight
2. Nautical any change from the straight steady course of a ship


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From the wharf at Selby's we watched with careless interest the lubberly manoeuvre performed of bringing the yacht to anchor, and the equally lubberly manoeuvre of sending the small boat ashore.
Tales of the Fish Patrol by London, Jack View in context
Of all the wondrous devices and dexterities, the sleights of hand and countless subtleties, to which the veteran whaleman is so often forced, none exceed that fine manoeuvre with the lance called pitchpoling.
Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context
You hold the bit too tight and so make his mouth hard, so that you will not be able to make him manoeuvre quickly.
Twenty Years After by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
 
 
 
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