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.
Formulaic or hackneyed language.
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.
The lower part of a furnace, into which the metal falls.
A compartment in the middle of the hold of a fishing vessel, made tight at the sides, but having holes perforated in the bottom to let in water to keep fish alive while they are transported to market.
A small depression suitable for holding liquid or other objects.
A vertical passage in the stern into which an auxiliary screw propeller may be drawn up out of the water.
A hole or excavation in the earth, in mining, from which run branches or galleries.
A source of supply.
The playfield of Tetris and similar video games, into which the blocks fall.
An opening through the floors of a building, as for a staircase or an elevator; a wellhole.
In a microtiter plate, each of the small equal circular or square sections which serve as test tubes.
A well drink.
A hole sunk into the ground as a source of water, oil, natural gas or other fluids.
A place where a liquid such as water surfaces naturally; a spring.
The cockpit of a sailboat.
The open space between the bench and the counsel tables in a courtroom.
A vertical, cylindrical trunk in a ship, reaching down to the lowest part of the hull, through which the bilge pumps operate.
Prudent; good; well-advised.
In good health.
Good, content.
To have something seep out of the surface.
To issue forth, as water from the earth; to flow; to spring.
To a significant degree.
In a desirable manner; so as one could wish; satisfactorily; favourably; advantageously.
Accurately, competently, satisfactorily.
Completely, fully.
Very (as a general-purpose intensifier).
An exclamation of sarcastic surprise (often doubled or tripled and spoken in a lowering intonation).
Used to acknowledge a statement or situation.
An exclamation of indignance.
Used in speech to express the overcoming of reluctance to say something.
Used in speech to fill gaps, particularly at the beginning of a response to a question; filled pause.
Used as a greeting
Used as a question to demand an answer from someone reluctant to answer.