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111field glass — Usually, field glasses. binoculars for use out of doors. [1885 90] * * * …
112liner note — Usually, liner notes. explanatory or interpretative notes about a record, cassette, etc., printed on the cover or case or included in the package. [1950 55, Amer.] * * * …
113long tom — (usually caps.) 1. a towed 155mm field cannon produced by the U.S. throughout World War II. 2. a long, heavy cannon formerly carried by small naval vessels. [1825 35] * * * …
114nail scissors — (usually used with a pl. v.) small scissors with short curved blades for trimming the fingernails or toenails. [1850 55] * * * …
115plot line — Usually, plot lines. dialogue that advances the plot, as in a play or motion picture script. [1955 60] * * * …
116poor white — Usually Disparaging and Offensive. a white person, esp. of the southern U.S., having low social status and little or no money, property, or education. [1810 20, Amer.] * * * …
117prism binocular — Usually, prism binoculars. Optics. binocular (def. 1). * * * …
118usual — usually, adv. usualness, n. /yooh zhooh euhl, yoohzh weuhl/, adj. 1. habitual or customary: her usual skill. 2. commonly met with or observed in experience; ordinary: the usual January weather. 3. commonplace; everyday: He says the usual things.… …
119yellow peril — Usually Offensive. 1. the alleged danger that Western civilizations and populations could be overwhelmed by numerically superior Oriental peoples. 2. the Oriental peoples regarded as presenting such a danger. [1895 1900] * * * …
120Dagestan rug — usually small floor covering woven in the republic of Dagestan in the eastern Caucasus (Russia). Dagestan rugs are finer than the Kazakh types, but less fine than rugs from the vicinity of Kuba to the south. While many of the rugs are given the… …
