

nigger
/ΛnΙͺΙ‘Ι(ΙΉ)/ /ΛnΙͺΙ‘Ι/





noun
An impurity in the covering of an electrical conductor which serves to make a partial short circuit, and thus becomes sufficiently heated to burn and destroy the insulation.




noun
A steam-capstan on some Mississippi river boats, used to haul the boat over bars and snags by a rope fastened to a tree on the bank.

noun
A black screen used in conjunction with the camera to block light or produce special lighting effects.

verb
To clear land by laying light pieces of round timber across the trunks of the trees and setting fire to them at the point of contact, by which means the trees are slowly burned through.



