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deadman [ˈdɛdˌmæn] n pl -men 1. (Engineering / Civil Engineering) Civil engineering a heavy plate, wall, or block buried in the ground that acts as an anchor for a retaining wall, sheet pile, etc., by a tie connecting the two 2. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Mountaineering) Mountaineering a metal plate with a wire loop attached for thrusting into firm snow to serve as a belay point, a smaller version being known as a deadboy How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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This was previously reported for the study subjects included between 1980 and 1993 (Infante-Rivard and Deadman 2003). We are as fearful as Carver must have been witnessing a lynching when we encounter the lines "Smoke from a torched deadman, barking laughter / from the cottonwoods at the creek. Hood DW, Deadman ME, Jennings MP, Bisercic M, Fleischmann RD, Venter JC, et al. |
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