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Astronauts have removed the first old gyroscope (called "rate sensor unit")
from the Hubble Space Telescope;
holster
• pistol case; If you have an adjustable holster, the adjustment screw will
change the tension easily;
hone
• to sharpen on a hone, ( ); His predator's senses were well-honed,
acutely sensitive. — Anthology - My Scandalous Bride;
lancet
• a small surgical instrument, usually sharp-pointed and two-edged, for
making small incisions, opening abscesses, etc., (
); He was very partial to the use of the lancet, and quite a
terrible adept at tooth-drawing. — The Lighthouse;
larder
• a room or place where food is kept; pantry, ( ,
; ); They have stripped my little larder, and I don't know
what they haven't taken besides. — The Ocean Cat's Paw The Story of a Strange
Cruise;
pantry
• a small room used for the preparation of cold foods; The pantry was a long
narrow room with a sink down one wall and tea urns down the other. — Two
Weeks To Remember;
nib
• the point of a pen, or either of its divisions, ( ); The pen has a
decent steel nib, but the flow of my particular pen was inconsistent;
palimpsest
• a parchment or the like from which writing has been partially or completely
erased to make room for another text, (
); His books are no palimpsest, 'the
prophet's holograph, defiled, erased, and covered by a monk's.' — Critical
Miscellanies, Vol. 1, Essay 5, Emerson;
pylon
• a marking post or tower for guiding aviators, frequently used in races;
• a steel tower or mast carrying high-tension lines, telephone wires, or other
cables and lines, ( ); This pylon is one
hundred and four feet long, thirty-three feet wide and sixty feet high and is
covered with inscriptions and reliefs. — The Critic in the Orient;
quiver