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21USS Thresher (SS-200) — USS|Thresher|SS 200, a Tambor class submarine, was the first United States Navy ship to be named for the thresher shark. Her keel was laid down 27 May 1939 at the Electric Boat Company of Groton, Connecticut. She was launched on 27 March 1940… …
22traverse — I. noun Etymology: Middle English travers, from Anglo French travers (as in a travers, de travers across), from Latin transversum (as in in transversum set crosswise), neuter of transversus lying across; senses 5 9 in part from 2traverse more at… …
23cork|screw — «KRK SKROO», noun, adjective, verb, –n. a tool used to pull corks out of bottles. Corkscrews usually consist of a sharp pointed steel spiral and a handle. »Nothing spoils the act of a man trying to play the…host like a corkscrew that disembowels… …
24zag — I. noun Etymology: zigzag Date: 1793 1. a. one of the sharp turns, angles, or alterations in a zigzag course b. one of the short straight lines or sections of a zigzag course at an angle to a zig 2. zig 2 II. intransitive verb (zagged …
25zig — I. noun Etymology: zigzag Date: 1840 1. a. one of the sharp turns, angles, or alterations in a zigzag course b. one of the short straight lines or sections of a zigzag course at an angle to a zag 2. a sharp alteration or change of direction (as… …
26tack — I. verb Etymology: Middle English takken, from tak Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. attach; especially to fasten or affix with tacks 2. to join in a slight or hasty manner 3. a. to add as a supplement …
27weave — I. verb (wove or weaved; woven or weaved; weaving) Etymology: Middle English weven, from Old English wefan; akin to Old High German weban to weave, Greek hyphainein to weave, hyphos web Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1 …
28German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran — Kormoran redirects here. For other uses, see Kormoran (disambiguation). Auxiliary cruiser Kormoran meets a German U boat at sea Career (Nazi Germany) …
29slalom — [slä′ləm] n. [Norw, ski track with an even slope < dial. slad, sloping gently + lom, trail] Skiing 1. a timed Alpine race downhill over a zigzag course marked by flag topped poles, or gates: see GATE1 (n. 8): cf. GIANT SLALOM 2. any race over… …
30switch|back — «SWIHCH BAK», noun, verb. –n. 1. a section of a railroad or highway built in a zigzag course up a steep grade, as on the side of a mountain, by means of which the rate of climb of the roadbed is held within a tolerable range: »The trail began… …
