Definition of sheet

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Sheet (v. t.) A rope or chain which regulates the angle of adjustment of a sail in relation in relation to the wind; -- usually attached to the lower corner of a sail, or to a yard or a boom..

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Opisthography :: Opisthography (n.) A writing upon the back of anything, as upon the back of a leaf or sheet already written upon on one side..
Latten :: Latten (n.) Sheet tin; iron plate, covered with tin; also, any metal in thin sheets; as, gold latten..
Archipelago :: Archipelago (n.) Hence: Any sea or broad sheet of water interspersed with many islands or with a group of islands.
Sheet :: Sheet (v. t.) A single signature of a book or a pamphlet.
Hydrography :: Hydrography (n.) That branch of surveying which embraces the determination of the contour of the bottom of a harbor or other sheet of water, the depth of soundings, the position of channels and shoals, with the construction of charts exhibiting these particulars..
Paper :: Paper (n.) A printed sheet appearing periodically; a newspaper; a journal; as, a daily paper..
Follower :: Follower (n.) Among law stationers, a sheet of parchment or paper which is added to the first sheet of an indenture or other deed..
Register :: Register (n.) The correspondence of pages, columns, or lines on the opposite or reverse sides of the sheet..
Lecythis :: Lecythis (n.) A genus of gigantic trees, chiefly Brazilian, of the order Myrtaceae, having woody capsules opening by an apical lid. Lecythis Zabucajo yields the delicious sapucaia nuts. L. Ollaria produces the monkey-pots, its capsules. Its bark separates into thin sheets, like paper, used by the natives for cigarette wrappers..
Volume :: Volume (n.) Hence, a collection of printed sheets bound together, whether containing a single work, or a part of a work, or more than one work; a book; a tome; especially, that part of an extended work which is bound up together in one cover; as, a work in four volumes..
Biscuit :: Biscuit (n.) A small loaf or cake of bread, raised and shortened, or made light with soda or baking powder. Usually a number are baked in the same pan, forming a sheet or card..
Terneplate :: Terneplate (a.) Thin iron sheets coated with an alloy of lead and tin; -- so called because made up of three metals.
Malleation :: Malleation (n.) The act or process of beating into a plate, sheet, or leaf, as a metal; extension by beating..
Double :: Double (a.) To make of two thicknesses or folds by turning or bending together in the middle; to fold one part upon another part of; as, to double the leaf of a book, and the like; to clinch, as the fist; -- often followed by up; as, to double up a sheet of paper or cloth..
Pack :: Pack (n.) To envelop in a wet or dry sheet, within numerous coverings. See Pack, n., 5..
Sheeting :: Sheeting (n.) Cotton or linen cloth suitable for bed sheets. It is sometimes made of double width.
Gazette :: Gazette (n.) A newspaper; a printed sheet published periodically; esp., the official journal published by the British government, and containing legal and state notices..
Revise :: Revise (n.) A second proof sheet; a proof sheet taken after the first or a subsequent correction.
Sheet Anchor :: Sheet anchor (v. t.) Anything regarded as a sure support or dependence in danger; the best hope or refuge.
Sheet Cable :: Sheet cable () The cable belonging to the sheet anchor.
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