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oblong having an elongated, esp rectangular, shape 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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| After some delay, a cart arrived at the wharf, with an oblong pine box, which was every thing that seemed to be expected. On the sled, securely lashed, was a long and narrow oblong box. Regarding the Sperm whale's head as a solid oblong, you may, on an inclined plane, sideways divide it into two quoins, whereof the lower is the bony structure, forming the cranium and jaws, and the upper an unctuous mass wholly free from bones; its broad forward end forming the expanded vertical apparent forehead of the whale. |
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