hiving n.— «Are you concentrating on plants that include new church buildings or plants that involve cell groups meeting in places such as homes and coffee shops? Sunset has opted for the more traditional model. This is what is called...
throw n.— «The keyboard of the System 200 is not so bad that you can’t get used to it; it just doesn’t have that positive, long-throw touch of the IBM boards.» —“Dell offers a good value for the dollar” by Jack...
wireline adj.— «The Company’s Wireline business provides telephone services, including voice, network access and nationwide long-distance services, broadband video and data services, and other communications products and services globally...
sweating n.— «Alternative fuels, which tend to be expensive, can be suppressed by OPEC and other nations through a process known as “sweating”—dropping their oil prices for a sufficient length of time to make competitive...
chuck-and-duck n.— «The Edison Sault power plant is an imposing, quarter-mile-long, turn-of-the-last-century stone structure built along the river that features nearly 40 turbine outflow chutes where salmon congregate on their upstream...
bounce box n.— «Her husband, Bob, brings her items from home when he hikes with her once a month, most recently her sturdier pair of broken-in hiking boots. He also mails her the freeze-dried food packages she assembled months ago. And...