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Shroud-laid :: Shroud-laid (a.) Composed of four strands, and laid right-handed with a heart, or center; -- said of rope. See Illust. under Cordage..

Clout :: Clout (n.) The center of the butt at which archers shoot; -- probably once a piece of white cloth or a nail head.

Principal :: Principal (n.) One of turrets or pinnacles of waxwork and tapers with which the posts and center of a funeral hearse were formerly crowned.

Geocentrical :: Geocentrical (a.) Having reference to the earth as center; in relation to or seen from the earth, -- usually opposed to heliocentric, as seen from the sun; as, the geocentric longitude or latitude of a planet..

Nave :: Nave (n.) The block in the center of a wheel, from which the spokes radiate, and through which the axle passes; -- called also hub or hob..

Pentaptych :: Pentaptych (n.) A picture, or combination of pictures, consisting of a centerpiece and double folding doors or wings, as for an altarpiece..

Proximal :: Proximal (a.) Toward or nearest, as to a body, or center of motion of dependence; proximate..

Gravitative :: Gravitative (a.) Causing to gravitate; tending to a center.

Adduct :: Adduct (v. t.) To draw towards a common center or a middle line.

Self-centring :: Self-centring (a.) Centering in one's self.

Eccentric :: Eccentric (n.) A circle described about the center of an elliptical orbit, with half the major axis for radius..

Gyration :: Gyration (n.) The act of turning or whirling, as around a fixed center; a circular or spiral motion; motion about an axis; rotation; revolution..

Bar :: Bar (n.) The part of the crust of a horse's hoof which is bent inwards towards the frog at the heel on each side, and extends into the center of the sole..

Round :: Round (a.) Having every portion of the surface or of the circumference equally distant from the center; spherical; circular; having a form approaching a spherical or a circular shape; orbicular; globular; as, a round ball..

White :: White (n.) Specifically, the central part of the butt in archery, which was formerly painted white; the center of a mark at which a missile is shot..

Heart :: Heart (v. i.) To form a compact center or heart; as, a hearting cabbage..

Centripetal :: Centripetal (a.) Tending, or causing, to approach the center..

Sloop :: Sloop (n.) A vessel having one mast and fore-and-aft rig, consisting of a boom-and-gaff mainsail, jibs, staysail, and gaff topsail. The typical sloop has a fixed bowsprit, topmast, and standing rigging, while those of a cutter are capable of being readily shifted. The sloop usually carries a centerboard, and depends for stability upon breadth of beam rather than depth of keel. The two types have rapidly approximated since 1880. One radical distinction is that a slop may carry a centerboard. See

Spiral :: Spiral (a.) Winding or circling round a center or pole and gradually receding from it; as, the spiral curve of a watch spring..

Bull''s-eye :: Bull's-eye (n.) The center of a target.

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