pennant

  • 111Broad pennant — Broad Broad (br[add]d), a. [Compar. {Broader} (br[add]d [ e]r); superl. {Broadest}.] [OE. brod, brad, AS. br[=a]d; akin to OS. br[=e]d, D. breed, G. breit, Icel. brei[eth]r, Sw. & Dan. bred, Goth. braids. Cf. {Breadth}.] 1. Wide; extend in… …

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  • 112Convoy pennant — Con voy pen nant A white pennant with red border, carried: (a) Forward on all vessels on convoy duty. (b) Alone by a senior officer present during evolutions or drills, when it commands Silence. (c) Over a signal number, when it refers to the… …

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  • 113Distinguishing pennant — Distinguishing Dis*tin guish*ing, a. Constituting difference, or distinction from everything else; distinctive; peculiar; characteristic. [1913 Webster] The distinguishing doctrines of our holy religion. Locke. [1913 Webster] {Distinguishing… …

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  • 114East Pennant, Nova Scotia — East Pennant is a rural community on the Chebucto Peninsula in the Halifax Regional Municipality Nova Scotia on the shore of the Atlantic Ocean on the East Pennant Road off of (Route 349.Communications*Telephone exchange 902 868 * First three… …

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  • 115West Pennant, Nova Scotia — West Pennant is a rural community located at the head of Pennant Harbour near Sambro on the Chebucto Peninsula in the Halifax Regional Municipality Nova Scotia on Route 349 .Communications*Telephone exchange 902 868 * First three digits of postal …

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  • 116International inspection pennant — The international inspection pennant is an international flag for fisheries inspection vessels currently used by the fisheries inspection branches of the European Union, France, New Zealand and Norway. [ [http://www.fotw.net/flags/int fish.html… …

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  • 117St Matthews Anglican Church, West Pennant Hills — Infobox church color = aaaaff name = St. Matts fullname = St. Matthews Anglican Church caption = St. Matts West Penno denomination = Anglican diocese = Eastern Sydney minister = Steve Abbot country = flagicon|Australia Australia website =… …

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  • 118Cwm Pennant Fault — The Cwm Pennant Fault is a SSW NNE trending normal fault system in North Wales. It forms part of the structures that bound the Snowdon graben. The main faults of the Cwm Pennant fault system throw down to the east.[1] See also List of geological… …

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  • 119pendant, pendent, pennant — A pendant is a hanging object, an ornament of some kind: Priscilla fastened a gold pendant on her collar. Pendent is an adjective meaning suspended, hanging down, dangling : The tapestry pendent from the balcony was richly designed. A pennant is… …

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  • 120answering pennant — noun : a red and white vertically striped pennant with the fly red used in the International Signal Code primarily for the reply “signal is received and understood” * * * Naut. one of the flags of the International Code of Signals, a pennant of… …

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