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Another term for a boat. Specifically, a boat used in racing.
ó: home.comcast.net/~andovercrew/glossary.htm
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The hard outer surface of an egg made up largely of calcium carbonate; the shell has pores allowing loss of carbon dioxide and moisture from the egg.
ó: www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/eggs/res02-definitions.html
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shell
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The interface between the user and the system.
ó: www.austin.cc.tx.us/audit/Glossary/LetterS.htm
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shellac
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Alcohol-soluble, clear to orange-colored resin derived from lac. (Lac is a substance secreted by insects on tree branches, mainly in India.) Used as a sealer and clear finish for floors, for sealing knots, and in "alcohol-based" primers. Thinner is denatured alcohol.
ó: www.behr.com/behrx/glossary/glossary.jsp
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A program that interprets sequences of text input as commands. It may operate on an input stream or it may interactively prompt and read commands from a terminal. X/Open .
ó: davinci01.man.ac.uk/ibmcxx/glossary/s.htm
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