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submarine |
5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Submarine \Sub`ma*rine"\, n. A submarine boat; esp., Nav., a submarine torpedo boat; -- called specif. {submergible submarine} when capable of operating at various depths and of traveling considerable distances under water, and {submersible submarine} when capable of being only partly submerged, i.e., so that the conning tower, etc., is still above water. The latter type and most of the former type are submerged as desired by regulating the amount of water admitted to the ballast tanks and sink on an even keel; some of the former type effect submersion while under way by means of horizontal rudders, in some cases also with admission of water to the ballast tanks. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Submarine \Sub*ma*rine"\, n. A submarine plant or animal. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Submarine \Sub`ma*rine"\, a. Being acting, or growing, under water in the sea; as submarine navigators; submarine plants. {Submarine armor}, a waterproof dress of strong material, having a helmet into which air for breathing is pumped through a tube leading from above the surface to enable a diver to remain under water. {Submarine cable}. See {Telegraph cable}, under {Telegraph}. {Submarine mine}. See {Torpedo}, 2 a . From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Armor \Ar"mor\, n. [OE. armure, fr F. armure, OF armeure fr L. armatura See {Armature}.] [Spelt also {armour}.] 1. Defensive arms for the body; any clothing or covering worn to protect one's person in battle. Note: In English statues, armor is used for the whole apparatus of war, including offensive as well as defensive arms. The statues of armor directed what arms every man should provide. 2. Steel or iron covering, whether of ships or forts, protecting them from the fire of artillery. {Coat armor}, the escutcheon of a person or family, with its several charges and other furniture, as mantling, crest, supporters, motto, etc {Submarine}, a water-tight dress or covering for a diver. See under {Submarine}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: submarine adj : beneath the surface of the sea [syn: {undersea}] n 1: a submersible warship usually armed with torpedos [syn: {pigboat}, {sub}, {U-boat}] 2: a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States [syn: {bomber}, {grinder}, {hero}, {hero sandwich}, {hoagie}, {hoagy}, {Cuban sandwich}, {Italian sandwich}, {poor boy}, {sub}, {submarine sandwich}, {torpedo}, {wedge}, {zep}]
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