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Bear''s-breech :: Bear's-breech (n.) See Acanthus, n., 1..

Krupp Gun :: Krupp gun () A breech-loading steel cannon manufactured at the works of Friedrich Krupp, at Essen in Prussia. Guns of over eight-inch bore are made up of several concentric cylinders; those of a smaller size are forged solid..

Presentation :: Presentation (n.) The particular position of the child during labor relatively to the passage though which it is to be brought forth; -- specifically designated by the part which first appears at the mouth of the uterus; as, a breech presentation..

Waistband :: Waistband (n.) The band which encompasses the waist; esp., one on the upper part of breeches, trousers, pantaloons, skirts, or the like..

Knickerbockers :: Knickerbockers (n. pl.) The name for a style of short breeches; smallclothes.

Dicentra :: Dicentra (n.) A genus of herbaceous plants, with racemes of two-spurred or heart-shaped flowers, including the Dutchman's breeches, and the more showy Bleeding heart (D. spectabilis)..

Acanthus :: Acanthus (n.) A genus of herbaceous prickly plants, found in the south of Europe, Asia Minor, and India; bear's-breech..

Diaper :: Diaper (n.) An infant's breechcloth.

Cylinder :: Cylinder (n.) The bore of a gun; the turning chambered breech of a revolver.

Dispart :: Dispart (n.) The difference between the thickness of the metal at the mouth and at the breech of a piece of ordnance.

Bombard :: Bombard (n.) Padded breeches.

Clinch :: Clinch (n.) A hitch or bend by which a rope is made fast to the ring of an anchor, or the breeching of a ship's gun to the ringbolts..

Breech :: Breech (v. t.) To fasten with breeching.

Breech :: Breech (n.) The hinder part of anything; esp., the part of a cannon, or other firearm, behind the chamber..

Breeching :: Breeching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Breec.

Bear''s-breech :: Bear's-breech (n.) The English cow parsnip (Heracleum sphondylium.

Breeches :: Breeches (n. pl.) Trousers; pantaloons.

Breeching :: Breeching (n.) A whipping on the breech, or the act of whipping on the breech..

Unbreeched :: Unbreeched (imp. & p. p.) of Unbreec.

Hausse :: Hausse (n.) A kind of graduated breech sight for a small arm, or a cannon..

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