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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Disappearing  \Dis`ap*pear"ing\, 
  p.  pr  &  vb  n.  of  {Disappear}. 
 
  {Disappearing  carriage}  (Ordnance),  a  carriage  for  heavy 
  coast  guns  on  which  the  gun  is  raised  above  the  parapet 
  for  firing  and  upon  discharge  is  lowered  behind  the 
  parapet  for  protection.  The  standard  type  of  disappearing 
  carriage  in  the  coast  artillery  of  the  United  States  army 
  is  the  {Buffington-Crozier  carriage},  in  which  the  gun 
  trunnions  are  secured  at  the  upper  and  after  ends  of  a 
  pair  of  heavy  levers,  at  the  lower  ends  of  which  is 
  attached  a  counterweight  of  lead.  The  levers  are  pivoted 
  at  their  middle  points,  which  are  with  the  top  carriage, 
  permitted  restrained  motion  along  the  slightly  inclined 
  chassis  rails.  The  counterweight  is  held  in  place  by  a 
  pawl  and  ratchet.  When  the  gun  is  loaded  the  pawl  is 
  released  and  the  counterweight  sinks,  raising  the  gun  to 
  the  firing  position  above  the  parapet.  The  recoil 
  following  the  discharge  returns  the  gun  to  the  loading 
  position,  the  counterweight  rising  until  the  pawl  engages 
  the  ratchet. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Disappear  \Dis`ap*pear"\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Disappeared};  p. 
  pr  &  vb  n.  {Disappearing}.] 
  1.  To  cease  to  appear  or  to  be  perceived;  to  pass  from  view, 
  gradually  or  suddenly;  to  vanish;  to  be  no  longer  seen; 
  as  darkness  disappears  at  the  approach  of  light;  a  ship 
  disappears  as  she  sails  from  port. 
 
  2.  To  cease  to  be  or  exist;  as  the  epidemic  has  disappeared. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  disappearing 
  adj  :  quickly  going  away  and  passing  out  of  sight:  "all  I  saw  was 
  his  vanishing  back"  [syn:  {vanishing}] 
  n  :  the  act  of  leaving  secretly  or  without  explanation  [syn:  {disappearance}] 
  [ant:  {appearance}] 




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