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vertical 1. Economics of or relating to associated or consecutive, though not identical, stages of industrial activity 2. Anatomy of, relating to, or situated at the top of the head (vertex) 3. a vertical plane, position, or line 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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| A sentinel at each end of the bridge stood with his rifle in the position known as "support," that is to say, vertical in front of the left shoulder, the hammer resting on the forearm thrown straight across the chest -- a formal and unnatural position, enforcing an erect carriage of the body. The horizontal diameter was fifty feet, and the vertical diameter seventy-five feet. The burning heather had been extinguished, but the level ground towards Ottershaw was blackened as far as one could see, and still giving off vertical streamers of smoke. |
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