10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SHOOT A LINE»
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A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
Cf. shoot a line, q.v., to boast.—9. in cut the line or string, to end suspense: c.: ca.
1810-60. (Vaux.) Cf. 2nd nuance of:—10. in get into or on a line; keep in a (tow-)
line, to end suspense; to engage in conversation a person to be robbed by one's
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Don't Horse Around with Our Health: The Positive Influence ...
Get your horse standing square on the level surface place your straight edge on
the center of the shoulder and shoot a line with the straight edge from the center
of the shoulder to the ground. Centered Balance Fig1 Centered Balance Fig 2 If ...
3
Black Salt: Seafarers of African Descent on British Ships
Costello, Black Liverpool, 53. Costello, Black Liverpool, 53—54. Denis Foss and
Basil Entvvistle, Shoot a Line: A Merchant Mariner's War (Yeoville: Linden Hall,
1992), 33. Foss and Entwistle, Shoot a Line, 45. Foss and Entwistle, Shoot a Line
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Stop Drifting, Start Rowing: One Woman's Search for ...
We are going to try to shoot a line across to you, which we will then use to send
over a sea anchor from one of our lifeboats. Do you have a boathook?” “Yes, I
have a boathook,” I replied. Ever since I had needed to use a boathook to repair
my ...
In a culture where we shoot the breeze, shoot the bull, shoot the works, shoot
pool, shoot the rapids, shoot hoops, shoot skeet, shoot craps, shoot movies, and
shoot a line, I'll continue to shoot pictures. Paul E. Conaway Via e-mail In the late
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The catapult, mounted on two wheels, is easily transported and designed This
Apparatus, Which Looks like a Cannon, Is a Catapult That Launches a Life Line
to shoot a line to persons in distress when it is impossible to launch boats to go to
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Dosage: Pedigree and Performance
Among them is Shoot a Line, a dual Oaks winner and second dam of Thunder
Gulch. By the late 1980's, the average winning distance of High Line's progeny
was listed as 13.0 furlongs, which is long even by European standards. One
could ...
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The Science of Fly-fishing
With the use of relatively frictionless snake guides, replacing the minuscule flip-
ring guides in the 1890s, came the opportunity to shoot a line. The origin of this
term probably can be found in a nautical context, much like throwing a line in a ...
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A Victory for Kregen: Dray Prescot #22
We could drop a line to them down there; they'd not shoot a line up to us. A pretty
little calculation entered my mind as we maneuvered into position. Could even
Seg Segutorio, in my view the greatest bowman of Kregen, shoot a shaft trailing a
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