Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In sheet-glass manuf., a sheet of glass laid over the flattening-stone to protect a cylinder to be flattened from any slight inequalities of the stone itself.
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Examples
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We have some lagre pine barrows like that around here.
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We have some lagre pine barrows like that around here.
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The tried to force their way into a closed party and when denied enterance produced a lagre handgun. blanco_nino
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About supper time he saw a number of women who were witches collect from all sides at the _jahir than_: at this sight he was more frightened than ever; the witches then called up the _bongas_ and they also summoned two tigers; then they danced the _lagre_ dance and they combed the hair of the two tigers.
Folklore of the Santal Parganas Cecil Henry Bompas
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Tens of thousands of Yemenis took to streets on Thursday in the Yemeni capital of Sana'a in two lagre rival rallies one calling for the removal of President Ali Abdullah Saleh's regime and the other...
The Guardian World News Catherine Ashton 2011
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Tens of thousands of Yemenis took to streets on Thursday in the Yemeni capital of Sana'a in two lagre rival rallies one calling for the removal of President Ali Abdullah Saleh's regime and the other...
The Guardian World News Michael Tomasky 2011
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El Paso govt buildings are being shot at by Mexican drug gangs, lagre areas of national parks have been taken over by the
Inform - Politics 2010
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Other lagre countries such as Russia, Canada and USA should join in and supply rare earth to the world.
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El Paso govt buildings are being shot at by Mexican drug gangs, lagre areas of national parks have been taken over by the
Home/News 2010
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"The president's really looking forward to having a wide cross section of people from small, medium and lagre businesses," senior White House adviser Valerie Jarrett told "Good Morning America's" Robin Roberts today.
ABC News: ABCNews 2009
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