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Die: An expression used to indicate that the ball stopped its strong hooking action before entering the pocket. The ball died.

Internal Audience: An imaginary listener(s) or audience to whom a character speaks in a poem or story. For example, the duke speaking in Browning's 'My Last Duchess' appears to be addressing the reader as if t . . . View Full Definition

Gordie Howe Hat Trick: A gordie howe hat trick is when one player scores a goal, notches an assist and gets into a fight all in the same game (a natural gordie howe hat trick occurs when a player does all three in . . . View Full Definition

Bach Flower Remedies: Developed by Edward Bach in the early 1900s, Bach Flower Remedies is a system of thirty-eight flower essences used in conjunction with herbs, homeopathy, and medications that seeks to correc . . . View Full Definition

Freddie Mac: Freddie Mac is a shareholder-owned corporation that was chartered in 1970 to increase the supply of mortgage money that lenders are able to make available to homebuyers. To do its job, Fredd . . . View Full Definition

Methylacetylene Propadiene: A family of alternative fuel gases that are mixtures of two or more gases (propane, butane, butadiene, methylacetylene and propadiene). Methylacetylene propadiene is used for oxyfuel cutting . . . View Full Definition

Medieval: The period of time roughly a thousand years long between the fall of the Roman Empire and the emergence of the Renaissance. Actual starting and ending points are somewhat arbitrary when desc . . . View Full Definition

Biodiesel: Biodiesel is registered with the Environmental Protection Agency as a pure fuel or as a fuel additive and is a legal fuel in commerce. It is typically produced through the reaction of a vege . . . View Full Definition

Reverdie: A medieval song celebrating the coming of spring, such as 'sumer is icumen in' and 'lenten ys come with loue to toune,' modernized in poems such as the opening of t. S. Eliot's the waste land.

Die Stock: The frame and two handles (bars) which hold the dies (chasers) used for cutting (chasing) external screw threads.