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Envelop :: Envelop (n.) A curve or surface which is tangent to each member of a system of curves or surfaces, the form and position of the members of the system being allowed to vary according to some continuous law. Thus, any curve is the envelope of its tangents..

Stang :: Stang (n.) In land measure, a pole, rod, or perch..

Backwardation :: Backwardation (n.) The seller's postponement of delivery of stock or shares, with the consent of the buyer, upon payment of a premium to the latter; -- also, the premium so paid. See Contango..

Hitch :: Hitch (n.) A catch; anything that holds, as a hook; an impediment; an obstacle; an entanglement..

Elf :: Elf (v. t.) To entangle mischievously, as an elf might do..

Synclinal :: Synclastic (a.) Curved toward the same side in all directions; -- said of surfaces which in all directions around any point bend away from a tangent plane toward the same side, as the surface of a sphere; -- opposed to anticlastic..

Involution :: Involution (n.) The state of being entangled or involved; complication; entanglement.

Embrangle :: Embrangle (v. t.) To confuse; to entangle.

Knot :: Knot (v. t.) To entangle or perplex; to puzzle.

Orthogon :: Orthogon (n.) A rectangular figure.

Plica :: Plica (v.) A diseased state in plants in which there is an excessive development of small entangled twigs, instead of ordinary branches..

Shear :: Shear (v. t.) An action, resulting from applied forces, which tends to cause two contiguous parts of a body to slide relatively to each other in a direction parallel to their plane of contact; -- also called shearing stress, and tangential stress..

Orang-outang :: Orang-outang (n.) An arboreal anthropoid ape (Simia satyrus), which inhabits Borneo and Sumatra. Often called simply orang..

Rectangle :: Rectangle (n.) A four-sided figure having only right angles; a right-angled parallelogram.

Flatter :: Flatter (n.) A drawplate with a narrow, rectangular orifice, for drawing flat strips, as watch springs, etc..

Noli-me-tangere :: Noli-me-tangere (n.) The squirting cucumber. See under Cucumber.

Trirectangular :: Trirectangular (a.) Having three right angles. See Triquadrantal.

Sash :: Sash (n.) In a sawmill, the rectangular frame in which the saw is strained and by which it is carried up and down with a reciprocating motion; -- also called gate..

Tang :: Tang (n.) A sharp, twanging sound; an unpleasant tone; a twang..

Disentangle :: Disentangle (v. t.) To extricate from complication and perplexity; disengage from embarrassing connection or intermixture; to disembroil; to set free; to separate.

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