Word: toed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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By the Auld Hornie, nae sooner is the lad in Oban than he spies a paughty lass wi' a weel-rounded doup. Och. but when he attempts to hae a crack wi' her, she snashes him back an' ca's him nae mair than a bluntie...
Aye, for three snelly days the poor thiggin gaes stravagin' about Argyll wi' the King's men rairin' at his duff, all the whyles hummin' an' hankerin' at ilka Scottish hizzie that leuks as if she griens a kiutle. Hoch aye, what a...
The tale loups along wi' a high jink an' diddle, an' forbye 'twill gie the whole bairntime a blype o' kecklin an' snirtlin. Attour, the spunkie singin' o' Brochan Lorn Tana Lorn an' the sicht o' the banks an'...
Conventional gasoline engines have a basic fault; their reciprocating parts (pistons, connecting rods, etc.) must be stopped and started thousands of times per minute. This wastes power, and it also calls for a heavy engine to stand up against the battering it gets. Last week NSU Werke motor company of...
Instead of cylinders and pistons, the Wankel engine has a single combustion chamber shaped like a fat-waisted figure eight (see diagram). Inside, it is a three-cornered rotor with curved sides. A shaft passes through the rotor and makes it move on an eccentric orbit by means of two...