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paying [′pā·iŋ] (naval architecture) Filling the seams between planks with pitch, marine glue, or other material after the calking has been inserted. Slackening away on rope or chain. 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 Wolf therefore, thinking that he had a capital opportunity, accused the Fox to the Lion of not paying any respect to him who had the rule over them all and of not coming to visit him. Nobody could now buy a pound of tea without paying a tax to King George. For a while she had kept both herself and the child on the twelve shillings a week that twelve hours' drudgery a day procured her, paying six shillings out of it for the child, and keeping her own body and soul together on the remainder. |
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