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shorts [′shȯrts] (engineering) Oversize particles held on a screen after sieving the fines through the screen. (food engineering) Wheat-husk parts that are finer than bran; used in flour milling. 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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"Dear boy," he returned, "there's disguising wigs can be bought for money, and there's hair powder, and spectacles, and black clothes - shorts and what not. The chests were taken out with all convenient despatch, and taken in to be unlocked by Mrs Jarley, who, attended by George and another man in velveteen shorts and a drab hat ornamented with turnpike tickets, were waiting to dispose their contents (consisting of red festoons and other ornamental devices in upholstery work) to the best advantage in the decoration of the room. She had pressed it in every alarming way--three shorts and a long, two and a long, and five. |
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