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dition of a portion of the skin or flesh produced by ex- posure to frest or severe cold.

frost-bow 'fcre:st,bDo. a bow or halo of white light around the sun in fresty or cold wether, due in some cases to mi- nute water^particles and in other cases to ice^particles.

frost-cloud 'fse:st,kLaod n. a. cloud whose particles adhere to solid objects as frostwork; a rime^cloud; an ice^cloud (sense 2}.

frost-signal 'fse:st,signl n. a signal, consisting of a white flag with a black center, for indicating the approach of a frest or of cold wether; a cold^wave signal.

fuel-pump 'fiou-3l,pAmp n. a pump for injecting gasoline or other liquid fuel into the engin of an airship; a fueU injecting device.

fugoid 'fiou,geid adj. see phugoid.

fuselage 'f iuu-si-lids n. the body or' frame of an airship ; the body^framework of a f lying^machine ; the bedyzf rame ; the underbedy.

��gale geel n. a wind of considerable strength; a stjeng wind; a blast.

fresh gale, a gale (numberd 8 in Beaufort's wind^scale) having a velocity of about 15.4 meters per second.

moderate gale, a gale (numberd 7 in Beaufort's wind^ scale) having a velocity of about 12.9 meters per second.

straightfline gale, a long^continued gale which blows in a straight line or course, rather than around a region.

strong gale, a gale (numberd 9 in Beaufort's wind^scale) having a velocity of about 18 meters per second.

' whole gale, a gale (numberd 10 in Beaufort's wind^scale) having a velocity of about 21 meters per second. gallery 'gaela-zi n. a balcony or balcony^like car forming a part of a balloon such as the large fire^balloon at Lyons, France, in 1784.

gap gaep n. the opening or vacant space between two adjacent aerofoils of an aeroplane f lymg^machine ; the distance be- tween the adjacent planes or supporting^surfaces of a bi- plane or multiplane.

garage ga'za:d3, ga'zais, 'gaezids, 'gai-zids n. a house or storage^place for airships or flying^machines ; an airship* house; an aeroplane^shed.

garua gd'zou-3 n. a hevy fog which prevails from May to October in the rainless area along the coast of Peru up to an altitude of about one hundred feet.

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