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mud-hook — … Useful english dictionary
Mud tank — The mud tank is the long gray container A mud tank is an open top container, typically made of steel, to store drilling fluid on a drilling rig. They are also called mud pits, because they used to be nothing more than pits dug out of the earth.… … Wikipedia
mud room — noun A room used to act as a barrier between outdoors and indoors. We made sure to hang our wet clothes on the hook in the mud room when we came in from the snow … Wiktionary
Drilling mud — In geotechnical engineering, drilling mud, also known as spud mud (when beginning the drilling process), is a drilling fluid used to drill boreholes into the earth. Often used while drilling oil and natural gas wells and on exploration drilling… … Wikipedia
Alfred Henry Hook — Infobox Military Person name=Alfred Henry Hook lived=6 August 1850 12 March 1905 placeofbirth=Churcham, Gloucestershire, England placeofdeath=Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England caption=Hook pictured with his Victoria Cross nickname=… … Wikipedia
Boot hook — Boot Boot, n. [OE. bote, OF. bote, F. botte, LL. botta; of uncertain origin.] 1. A covering for the foot and lower part of the leg, ordinarily made of leather. [1913 Webster] 2. An instrument of torture for the leg, formerly used to extort… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
anchor — [n] something used to hold another thing securely ballast, bower, comfort, defense, fastener, foothold, grapnel, grappling iron, grip, hold, hook, kedge, mainstay, mooring, mud hook, pillar, protection, safeguard, security, staff, stay, support;… … New thesaurus
mudhook — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : the anchor of a ship dropped his mudhook … and ran up the American flag National Geographic * * * mudˈhook noun (slang) An anchor • • • Main Entry: ↑mud … Useful english dictionary
Valkyrie II (yacht) — Valkyrie II was the unsuccessful British challenger of the eighth America s Cup race in 1893 against American defender Vigilant . Design Valkyrie II , a keel cutter, was designed by George Lennox Watson and built by D W Henderson Company,… … Wikipedia
Valkyrie II — Technische Daten (Überblick) Takelung: 1 Mast Rennkutter Segelklasse: Big Class (America’s Cup) Länge über alles (Lüa): 35,84 m Länge Wasserlinie): 26,06 m Breite über alles (Büa) … Deutsch Wikipedia
