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panting

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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.
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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?
Fables by Aesop View in context
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.
Tarzan of the Apes by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
For a few minutes they heard the panting of the tired little horse and the drunken shouting of the peasants.
Master and Man by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
 
 
 
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