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panting [′pant·iŋ] (naval architecture) A series of pulsations resulting from repeated minor explosions in the furnace of a ship's boiler or from vibration of a ship's plating due to sea loads. 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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The Fish, panting convulsively, thus entreated for his life: "O Sir, what good can I be to you, and how little am I worth? Philander came panting and blowing beneath him, already too spent to struggle up to the safety of the limb, Tarzan reached down and, grasping him by the collar of his coat, yanked him to the limb by his side. For a few minutes they heard the panting of the tired little horse and the drunken shouting of the peasants. |
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