Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In fortification, the two sides in the epaulment of a battery which form the embrasure.

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Examples

  • That man Verne is never done sniping at us ... aye, those two British officers in that twaddling book about a comet hitting the earth, what a pair of muttonheaded by-joves they are!

    Watershed 2010

  • That man Verne is never done sniping at us ... aye, those two British officers in that twaddling book about a comet hitting the earth, what a pair of muttonheaded by-joves they are!

    Flashman And The Tiger Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1999

  • "By joves, ah wish I wis," stated Auld Harry fervently, "Ah widnae need tae suffer this kind o 'noansense."

    icAyrshire 2010

  • "By joves, ah wish I wis," stated Auld Harry fervently, "Ah widnae need tae suffer this kind o 'noansense."

    icAyrshire 2010

  • Les respostes ens poden donar pistes sobre com usen, veuen i perceben les biblioteques avui dia els joves … i per tant, què n’esperaran d’elles en un futur ja no gaire llunyà (o que probablement ja ha arribat).

    Què fa que una biblioteca sigui una biblioteca? | [bauen] 2009

  • El Col·legi acaba d’editar de cop tres volums de l’Arqcat, la selecció d’obres de nous arquitectes, equips i professionals joves d’entre 30 i 45 anys...

    2008 October 14 | [bauen] 2008

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