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shake down Informal chiefly US a. a voyage to test the performance of a ship or aircraft or to familiarize the crew with their duties b. (as modifier): a shakedown run 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 night wind tells me secrets Of lotus lilies blue; And hour by hour the willows Shake down the chiming dew. Yes; it needed a few days after the taking of your departure for a ship's company to shake down into their places, and for the soothing deep-water ship routine to establish its beneficent sway. And they lie all tumbled about on the green, like the crab-apples that you shake down to your swine. |
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