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A fixture attached to a wall to hold up a shelf.
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Any intermediate object that connects a smaller part to a larger part, the smaller part typically projecting sideways from the larger part.
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A short crooked timber, resembling a knee, used as a support.
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The cheek or side of an ordnance carriage, supporting the trunnions.
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Any of the characters "(", ")", "[", "]", "{", "}", "<" and ">", used in pairs to enclose parenthetic remarks, sections of mathematical expressions, etc.
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A printed diagram of games in a tournament.
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A prediction of the outcome of games in a tournament, used for betting purposes.
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One of several ranges of numbers.
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tax bracket, age bracket
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A pair of values that represent the smallest and largest elements of a range.
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In artillery, the endangered region between two shell impacts (one long and one short). The next shell fired is likely to hit accurately.
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The small curved or angular corner formed by a serif and a stroke in a letter.
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(land surveying, 19th century) a mark cut into a stone by land surveyors to secure a bench.