Difference between revisions of "Camibalistics"
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| − | * ''' | + | * '''cam''': in engineering, a mechanical linkage which translates circular motion into linear motion |
| − | * ''' | + | * '''ballistics''': the science of the motion, behavior, and effects of projectiles |
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* '''cannon balls''' | * '''cannon balls''' | ||
| − | * '' | + | * ''French'' '''baliste:''' a type of siege engine → Lazare Sainéan, ''La Langue de Rabelais'' (Paris 1922) |
* '''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballista ballista]:''' an early form of crossbow | * '''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballista ballista]:''' an early form of crossbow | ||
| − | * '' | + | * ''Japanese'' '''kami:''' divine |
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| + | * In northern dialect, a '''cam''' is a ridge or mound, such as those which divide plots of land and on which are planted hedges. From ''Scandinavian'' kame, "comb", "crest", "serrated ridge". May be a reference to Irish Mesolithic or Neolithic tomb- and mound-building cultures. | ||
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| + | * ''Welsh'' '''cam''': crooked, bent, awry, wrong, by extension "unorthodox" | ||
Revision as of 10:18, 26 July 2006
- cam: in engineering, a mechanical linkage which translates circular motion into linear motion
- ballistics: the science of the motion, behavior, and effects of projectiles
- cannibal
- Ulysses 077.33-34: "Rum idea: eating bits of a corpse why the cannibals cotton to it."
- cannon balls
- French baliste: a type of siege engine → Lazare Sainéan, La Langue de Rabelais (Paris 1922)
- ballista: an early form of crossbow
- Japanese kami: divine
- In northern dialect, a cam is a ridge or mound, such as those which divide plots of land and on which are planted hedges. From Scandinavian kame, "comb", "crest", "serrated ridge". May be a reference to Irish Mesolithic or Neolithic tomb- and mound-building cultures.
- Welsh cam: crooked, bent, awry, wrong, by extension "unorthodox"
