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retire [ri′tīr] (navigation) To move a line of position back, parallel to itself, along a course line to obtain a line of position at an earlier time. 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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| If I say that I ought to be prepared to do it, that is, I ought to have the money and to retire from the army. By this means we should always know when she was about, and could easily retire while she was in the neighbourhood. "Ah," said the Moral Principle, hesitatingly, "let us draw lots to see which shall retire till the other has crossed. |
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