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layback

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lay·back  (lbck)
n.
A spin in figure skating in which the skater's upper body is arched backward.

layback [ˈleɪˌbæk]
n
(Individual Sports & Recreations / Mountaineering) Mountaineering a technique for climbing cracks by pulling on one side of the crack with the hands and pressing on the other with the feet


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This layback attitude is pervasive and is reflected in the language our students use each and every day.
Her layback spin was easily held, her spiral sequence was done with particular speed.
Production was higher in 2005 than 2004 as a result of mining in areas of the pit with higher ore grades, on completion of the ninth west layback in the second half of the year, partly offset by lower tons processed in the first half of the year due to above average rainfall that impacted mining rates, harder ore encountered that impacted milling rates, and higher toll milling volumes in 2005.
 
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