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Flat :: Flat (n.) A horizontal vein or ore deposit auxiliary to a main vein; also, any horizontal portion of a vein not elsewhere horizontal..

Rise :: Rise (v.) To appear above the horizont, as the sun, moon, stars, and the like..

Rh/tic :: Rh/tic (a.) Pertaining to, or of the same horizon as, certain Mesozoic strata of the Rhetian Alps. These strata are regarded as closing the Triassic period. See the Chart of Geology..

Reel :: Reel (n.) A device consisting of radial arms with horizontal stats, connected with a harvesting machine, for holding the stalks of grain in position to be cut by the knives..

Deflect :: Deflect (v. i.) To turn aside; to deviate from a right or a horizontal line, or from a proper position, course or direction; to swerve..

Mirage :: Mirage (n.) An optical effect, sometimes seen on the ocean, but more frequently in deserts, due to total reflection of light at the surface common to two strata of air differently heated. The reflected image is seen, commonly in an inverted position, while the real object may or may not be in sight. When the surface is horizontal, and below the eye, the appearance is that of a sheet of water in which the object is seen reflected; when the reflecting surface is above the eye, the image is seen pr

Steeve :: Steeve (n.) The angle which a bowsprit makes with the horizon, or with the line of the vessel's keel; -- called also steeving..

Stringed :: Stringcourse (n.) A horizontal band in a building, forming a part of the design, whether molded, projecting, or carved, or in any way distinguished from the rest of the work..

Slope :: Slope (v. i.) To take an oblique direction; to be at an angle with the plane of the horizon; to incline; as, the ground slopes..

Level :: Level (a.) Coinciding or parallel with the plane of the horizon; horizontal; as, the telescope is now level..

Barwise :: Barwise (adv.) Horizontally.

Cant :: Cant (n.) An inclination from a horizontal or vertical line; a slope or bevel; a titl.

Macron :: Macron (n.) A short, straight, horizontal mark [-], placed over vowels to denote that they are to be pronounced with a long sound; as, a, in dame; /, in s/am, etc..

Trabea :: Trabea (n.) A toga of purple, or ornamented with purple horizontal stripes. -- worn by kings, consuls, and augurs..

Dip :: Dip (v. i.) To incline downward from the plane of the horizon; as, strata of rock dip..

Floor :: Floor (n.) A horizontal, flat ore body..

Intertie :: Intertie (n.) In any framed work, a horizontal tie other than sill and plate or other principal ties, securing uprights to one another..

Trapeze :: Trapeze (n.) A swinging horizontal bar, suspended at each end by a rope; -- used by gymnasts..

Turbine :: Turbine (n.) A water wheel, commonly horizontal, variously constructed, but usually having a series of curved floats or buckets, against which the water acts by its impulse or reaction in flowing either outward from a central chamber, inward from an external casing, or from above downward, etc.; -- also called turbine wheel..

Joist :: "Joist (n.) A piece of timber laid horizontally, or nearly so, to which the planks of the floor, or the laths or furring strips of a ceiling, are nailed; -- called, according to its position or use, binding joist, bridging joist, ceiling joist, trimming joist, etc. See Illust. of Double-framed floor, under Double, a..

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