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  • The scrape of alloy on alloy, its metallic resonance partially damped by a fleshy palm and the ball of a thumb and the side of an index finger, the grateful expansion of a magazine spring, the smack of a brass-cased shell socketing home, the return of the slide.

    Bad Luck and Trouble Child, Lee 2007

  • The scrape of alloy on alloy, its metallic resonance partially damped by a fleshy palm and the ball of a thumb and the side of an index finger, the grateful expansion of a magazine spring, the smack of a brass-cased shell socketing home, the return of the slide.

    Bad Luck and Trouble Child, Lee 2007

  • He whipped his head round to locate the source of this fresh threat and as he did I moved in with two long steps and hit him with everything I had on the neck, just below the ear, my knuckles socketing solidly into the hollow behind the back of his left jawbone.

    Fear is the Key MacLean, Alistair 1961

  • It is of triangular shape, the frame of it being formed by socketing two pieces of paragon wire into a metal Y piece, and connecting their diverging extremities by means of catgut, which, when pressed against a tree or other object, will adapt itself to the outline of it, as shown below by the dotted line (Fig. 46).

    Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy. Montagu Browne

  • Our GHz line of spring pin and elastomer sockets provide socketing for almost all packages in BGA and QFN as well as up to 40 GHz bandwidth and the smallest footprint in the industry.

    Engineering Hardware-Software 2010

  • These rubies can be used for socketing higher level items, providing a significant boost in Stamina, and thus improving one's defense.

    WarCry Network : Latest News 2010

  • Protection diodes and resistors are necessary for the electronics to survive the hot-socketing of the high-voltage, low-impedance cell stack.

    unknown title 2009

  • There's also this - grow and customise your character, collect special items and manipulate them to your preference through socketing, compounding and refining ...

    Pocket Gamer | www.pocketgamer.co.uk | Latest additions 2009

  • • Grow and customize your character: Collect special items and manipulate them to your preference through socketing, compounding and refining your collection.

    SPAWNPOINT.COM - Gaming News Feed 2009

  • Of course you don't buy equipment there, but any electrical plug / socketing / anything can be found there.

    G4TV - The Feed 2009

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