Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An instrument used by stone-cutters and carpenters for tracing and forming angles.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An instrument used by masons and others to trace and form angles.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
instrument used bymasons and others to trace and formangles .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Phobique sociale en voie de guerison je souffre aussi d'une peur incontrolable des orthopteres (criquet, sauterelle, grillon, etc ...) et de tout ce qui se rapporte a la piscine (de l'eau a l'odeur du chlore)
pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2008
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* References: le Var = a département of SE France; sèchent (sécher) = to dry; bleu-gris = blue-gray; la sauterelle (f) = grasshopper; la pince à linge (f) = clothespin; la cabane (f) = fort; éloignez-vous!
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I shoo the sauterelle, * catapult the caterpillar and backhand the beetle.
French Word-A-Day: 2005
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* References: le Var = a département of SE France; sèchent (sécher) = to dry; bleu-gris = blue-gray; la sauterelle (f) = grasshopper; la pince à linge (f) = clothespin; la cabane (f) = fort; éloignez-vous!
French Word-A-Day: 2005
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* References: le Var = a département of SE France; sèchent (sécher) = to dry; bleu-gris = blue-gray; la sauterelle (f) = grasshopper; la pince à linge (f) = clothespin; la cabane (f) = fort; éloignez-vous!
French Word-A-Day: 2005
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I shoo the sauterelle, * catapult the caterpillar and backhand the beetle.
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I shoo the sauterelle, * catapult the caterpillar and backhand the beetle.
French Word-A-Day: 2005
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*References: le Var = a département of SE France; sèchent (sécher) = to dry; bleu-gris = blue-gray; la sauterelle (f) = grasshopper; la pince à linge (f) = clothespin; la cabane (f) = fort; éloignez-vous!
French Word-A-Day: 2005
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*References: le Var = a département of SE France; sèchent (sécher) = to dry; bleu-gris = blue-gray; la sauterelle (f) = grasshopper; la pince à linge (f) = clothespin; la cabane (f) = fort; éloignez-vous!
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I shoo the sauterelle,* catapult the caterpillar and backhand the beetle.
mariacristina commented on the word sauterelle
n. F. An instrument used by masons and others to trace and form angles. (Webster's)
March 3, 2008