Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An abbreviation of
nautical mile (6,080 feet), sometimes used, especially in writing of the laying of submarine cables. - noun A common abbreviation of
nautical .
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Examples
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Wu {m} mon seið þe apostel schal wrihen hi [re] heauet. wrihen he seið naut wimplin. wrihen ha schal hire scheome as sunfule eue dohte [r {;}] i mu {n} gunge of þe su {n} ne þ̵ sch [en] de us erst alle ⁊ naut {45} drah [en] þ̵ wriheles te tiffung ⁊ te p {ru} [e].
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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Argo to seek the Golden Fleece; their moniker combines the name of their ship and the Greek word "nautēs," meaning "sailor."
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Argo to seek the Golden Fleece; their moniker combines the name of their ship and the Greek word "nautēs," meaning "sailor."
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The reason simply that his entire several year mission to that date he felt could have been done in less than a week of those boring astro/cosmo/taiko-naut EVAs you talked about.
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Toni/y is naut, sorry gotta run as things are hotting up next door.
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Yet another Obama-naut telling the BIG LIE in hopes that political correctness will assure an end to the discussion.
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Purrsanlee, ai gettin taired ub callin awl black kittehs “bazement cats” an “ebil”! deys naut!
water is - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2010
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The word is a hybrid of the Chinese term "taikong" (space) and the Greek "naut" (traveler), or astronaut, according to the Concise Oxford English Dictionary.
Boing Boing 2008
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Ai dunno….kitteh naut happee-tayle….kinda funnee, an he did geht it off by selb…but naut funnee tuu, naut to deh kitteh sertinlee.
Video: Tissue Box Kitteh - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2010
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Ai tinkx u meen naut a nocksea moron, but a re dunnasea.
How come yu git a box, tu - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2010
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