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headway
(encz) | headway,interval |
headway
(encz) | headway,pokrok |
headway
(encz) | headway,postup vpřed |
headway
(encz) | headway,světlá výška |
headway
(encz) | headway,vzdálenost návěstidel |
Headway
(gcide) | Headway \Head"way`\ (-w[^u]rk`), n.
1. The progress made by a ship in motion; hence, progress or
success of any kind.
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2. (Arch.) Clear space under an arch, girder, and the like,
sufficient to allow of easy passing underneath; clearance;
headroom.
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headway
(wn) | headway
n 1: vertical space available to allow easy passage under
something [syn: headroom, headway, clearance]
2: forward movement; "the ship made little headway against the
gale" [syn: headway, head] |
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make headway
(encz) | make headway, |
Headway
(gcide) | Headway \Head"way`\ (-w[^u]rk`), n.
1. The progress made by a ship in motion; hence, progress or
success of any kind.
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2. (Arch.) Clear space under an arch, girder, and the like,
sufficient to allow of easy passing underneath; clearance;
headroom.
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To fetch headway
(gcide) | Fetch \Fetch\ (f[e^]ch; 224), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fetched 2;
p. pr. & vb. n.. Fetching.] [OE. fecchen, AS. feccan, perh.
the same word as fetian; or cf. facian to wish to get,
OFries. faka to prepare. [root]77. Cf. Fet, v. t.]
1. To bear toward the person speaking, or the person or thing
from whose point of view the action is contemplated; to go
and bring; to get.
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Time will run back and fetch the age of gold.
--Milton.
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He called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a
little water in a vessel, that I may drink. And as
she was going to fetch it he called to her, and
said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in
thine hand. --1 Kings
xvii. 11, 12.
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2. To obtain as price or equivalent; to sell for.
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Our native horses were held in small esteem, and
fetched low prices. --Macaulay.
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3. To recall from a swoon; to revive; -- sometimes with to;
as, to fetch a man to.
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Fetching men again when they swoon. --Bacon.
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4. To reduce; to throw.
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The sudden trip in wrestling that fetches a man to
the ground. --South.
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5. To bring to accomplishment; to achieve; to make; to
perform, with certain objects; as, to fetch a compass; to
fetch a leap; to fetch a sigh.
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I'll fetch a turn about the garden. --Shak.
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He fetches his blow quick and sure. --South.
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6. To bring or get within reach by going; to reach; to arrive
at; to attain; to reach by sailing.
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Meantine flew our ships, and straight we fetched
The siren's isle. --Chapman.
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7. To cause to come; to bring to a particular state.
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They could n't fetch the butter in the churn. --W.
Barnes.
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To fetch a compass (Naut.), to make a circuit; to take a
circuitous route going to a place.
To fetch a pump, to make it draw water by pouring water
into the top and working the handle.
To fetch headway or To fetch sternway (Naut.), to move
ahead or astern.
To fetch out, to develop. "The skill of the polisher
fetches out the colors [of marble]" --Addison.
To fetch up.
(a) To overtake. [Obs.] "Says [the hare], I can fetch up
the tortoise when I please." --L'Estrange.
(b) To stop suddenly.
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Winning headway
(gcide) | Winning \Win"ning\, n.
1. The act of obtaining something, as in a contest or by
competition.
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2. The money, etc., gained by success in competition or
contest, esp, in gambling; -- usually in the plural.
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Ye seek land and sea for your winnings. --Chaucer.
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3. (Mining)
(a) A new opening.
(b) The portion of a coal field out for working.
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Winning headway (Mining), an excavation for exploration, in
post-and-stall working.
Winning post, the post, or goal, at the end of a race.
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make headway
(wn) | make headway
v 1: obtain advantages, such as points, etc.; "The home team was
gaining ground"; "After defeating the Knicks, the Blazers
pulled ahead of the Lakers in the battle for the number-one
playoff berth in the Western Conference" [syn: gain,
advance, win, pull ahead, make headway, {get
ahead}, gain ground] [ant: drop off, fall back, {fall
behind}, lose, recede] |
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