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 24 DICTIONARY OF AVIATION

alto-stratus ,aeJtD'str,ee-t9s n. high stratus, a thin veiWike cloud of a gray or blue color exhibiting, when near the sun or moon, a brighter portion which sometimes produces a corona; st^ato^cirrus.

spotted alto-stratus, mackerel sky.

alula 'aeHo-te n. the false or bastard wing of a bird; the ala spuria.

aluminium ,ae!iu'mini-3m n. same meaning as aluminum.

aluminum a'liuu-mi-nam n. a whitish, ductil, malleable, and very light metal often used in airship^constsuction ; alu- minium.

aluminum bronze, a strong, yellowish metal, an alley of aluminum and copper.

amidships 9'mid,ships adv. in or toward the middle of an airship; midway between stem and stern.

ample 'aemp9l adj. both long and broad without being pointed, as the wing of a heron or crane.

anchor 'serjkaz n. a large prengd hook or similar appliance attacht to a balloon or airship by a rope, used for establish- ing a connection with the earth preparatory to landing, or for holding or mooring the airship to the ground or to some fixt object; a grapnel.

anchor 'aenk^z v.

1. tr. secure (a balloon or airship) with an anchor; place at, or bring to, anchor.

2. intr. cast anchor; come to anchor :' said either of the crew or the airship.

anchorage 'aerjka-zids n. the action of anchoring; the state of being anchord; conditions admitting of anchoring; a place for anchoring.

anchorage-post '3enk9zid3,poost n. a lofty steel post or lattist tower, proposed as a means for anchoring dirigible balloons. I '

anchor-hook 'serjk9z,huk n. one of the hooks or prongs of an anchor or grapnel; a grapne!4iook.

anchoring-part 'senk9zirj,pa:zt n. one of the parts or por- tions of a dirigible balloon to which the anchor^ropes or grapnel^ropes are attacht.

anchoring-ring 'aenkazirj^irj n. a ring n a dirigible bal- loon to which the anchor=rope is attacht.

anchoring-rope 'senkazirj^oop n. same meaning as anchor* rope.

anchoring-rule 'serjlozir^zoul n. one of the rules or regu- lations about the anchoring of dirigible or other balloons.

anchor-ring 'serjk9z,zirj n. the ring of an anchor, to which the anchor^rope is fastend.

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