A word or phrase which serves as the origin of a term in another language.
One who had the same role or function in former times.
One from whom an estate has descended;—the correlative of heir.
One from whom a person is descended, whether on the father's or mother's side, at any distance of time; a progenitor; a forefather.
An earlier type; a progenitor
To be an ancestor of.
Formulaic or hackneyed language.
A sheet of copper or steel used in the construction of a boiler.
Syndicated material.
The rating plate or nameplate required to be affixed to a boiler by the Boiler Explosions Act (1882).
Standard text or program code used routinely and added with a text editor or word processor; text of a legal or official nature added to documents or labels.
Hard, icy snow which may be dangerous to ski on.
A plate attached to industrial machinery, identifying information such as manufacturer, model number, serial number, and power requirements.
Describing text or other material of a standard or routine nature.
Used to refer to a non-functional spacecraft used to test configuration and procedures.
To store (standard text) so that it can easily be retrieved for reuse.