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单词 salient angle
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The exterior side of the polygon, or that imaginary line which connects the salient angles of two adjacent bastions. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z
HAMMER-TOE, a painful condition in which a toe is rigidly bent and the salient angle on its upper aspect is constantly irritated by the boot. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" 2012-01-02T03:00:22.443Z
This pressing struggle and the cross-fire of our batteries broke in the salient angle, but the thickening fire, as the angle was pressed back, hurt Hood’s left and held him in steady fight. From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America 2011-12-28T03:00:39.977Z
The town is fortified with an entrenchment, salient angles and redoubts, which inclose about half a mile in length, and a quarter of a mile in width. The Spaniards in Florida Comprising the notable settlement of the Huguenots in 1564, and the History and Antiquities of St. Augustine, Founded A.D. 1565 2011-09-24T02:00:14.187Z
Omal was a salient angle in the defenders' formation, and should the village be carried by the Germans the Belgian army would be split asunder by the wedge-like advance of their far more numerous foes. The Dispatch-Riders The Adventures of Two British Motor-cyclists in the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:22.377Z
The character of the defences, which had been strengthened by Vauban, with their numerous salient angles, was not calculated to resist modern long-range artillery. The Franco-German War of 1870-71 2011-05-26T02:00:14.447Z
A redan is a work with two faces making a salient angle. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z
He selects the prominent events of his hero's or heroine's career, the salient angles, as it were, of human existence, and brings them forward in different scenes of his brief representation. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 370, August 1846 2011-04-01T02:00:28.747Z
Eddying into every quiet bay, coquetting with every salient angle, moving to the melody of its own murmurs, it flows on serenely and musically. The Falls of Niagara and Other Famous Cataracts 2011-03-26T02:00:15.717Z
Crystals, it is said, affect regular geometric forms, salient angles, and rectilinear edges, while living beings have rounded forms without any geometric regularity. The Mechanism of Life
"Why thank'ee George, no—there's my chapter on the Defects of Salient Angles d'ye see, for one thing——" "Devil burn your salient angles!" Our Admirable Betty A Romance
His tenaille system consisted of redans, with salient angles of 60� or more, flanking each other at right angles; from which he gave to his system the name of “perpendicular fortification.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z
In a zigzag line a a are the salient angles, b b the re-entering angles. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology
He suppressed the salient angles and the towers which should have risen at the extremities of the four arms of the cross. Michelangelo
The doomed body, held closer and closer upon its right flank, menaced more and more on its right rear, now suddenly threatened on its exposed salient angle, would fight on. Waterloo
Coincidently with that signal Schulemberg attacked the forest of Sars from his side, the northern face, and he and Lottum pressed each upon that side of the salient angle which faced him. Malplaquet
The weak points of this trace, due to its being arranged on a small pentagon, are that the terreplein or interior space of the bastions is rather cramped, and the salient angles too acute. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z
I was still busy with my problem, but the salient angles of my interpretation were economic rather than literary. A Son of the Middle Border
The so-called "North Bastion," capping the salient angle of the wall between them, being a purely modern work of recent date, has been intentionally omitted from the plan. Memorials of Old London Volume I
A party of hunters had scaled a portion of this citadel, climbing along salient angles until they gained the lower benches. The Dead Command From the Spanish Los Muertos Mandan
The French began to be pressed from this eastern side of their salient angle, right in among the trees. Malplaquet
On the rising of the curtain there appeared three ranges of ramparts, one above the other, having salient angles and a moat, like a regularly-constructed fortification. Anecdotes of Dogs
In fortification, a work placed at the salient angles of the glacis, communicating with the covert way.—Broad arrow. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc.
Operation.—Bleeding being controlled by an assistant, the surgeon fixes a pair of spring artery forceps into the mucous membrane and skin at the salient angle at each side of the fissure. A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners
The stone is held in the proper position by being embedded, all but the salient angle to be cut or polished, in a solder of tin and lead. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 456 Volume 18, New Series, September 25, 1852
The whole hill is being rounded off, and a line of earth-works are to be constructed at its base at every salient angle. Acadia or, A Month with the Blue Noses
The night was lovely, and the deep shadows of the towering mountain, with each salient angle made bright by the silver moon, formed a picture altogether enchanting. Impressions of America During The Years 1833, 1834, and 1835. In Two Volumes, Volume II.
In fortification, an imaginary line bisecting its most prominent salient angle. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc.
Under their cover we descended, reaching the bank just at the salient angle of the bend. The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse
She is a strong, original character, and the sunlight of imagination loves to rest upon its salient angles and projecting lines. Helen and Arthur or, Miss Thusa's Spinning Wheel
The men stormed the parapet, and penetrated into the salient angle. Our Soldiers Gallant Deeds of the British Army during Victoria's Reign
An early morning attack on the 12th carried a salient angle in the centre of the Confederate line, securing 4,000 prisoners and twenty guns. History of the United States, Volume 4
An outwork which has three salient angles at the head and two inwards. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc.
The fort at the salient angle was quickly evacuated, and the corps charged forward, taking possession of the enemy's camps. Slavery and Four Years of War, Vol. 1-2 A Political History of Slavery in the United States Together With a Narrative of the Campaigns and Battles of the Civil War In Which the Author Took Part: 1861-1865
Johnson's division, which held the salient angle in Gen. Lee's line at Spottsylvania C. H. when it was forced by the Federal troops. The Narrative of a Blockade-Runner
I soon got up a good fire, which threw its ruddy glare on all the rough points and salient angles of the cavern, but cast the hollows and recesses into the deepest shade. Dick Onslow Among the Redskins
Each boy was provided with a large new stiff cotton handkerchief, which occupied immense space in outside pockets, crumpled as they were into a rustling ball with cruel salient angles like a Chinese puzzle. Other Main-Travelled Roads
Bonnet, in fortification, is a raised portion of the works at any salient angle, having the same plan, but 10 or 12 feet more command than the work on which it is based. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc.
Defence is difficult where there are salient angles, because the angle protects the enemy rather than the inhabitants. The Ten Books on Architecture
But material and tangible truths are never anything but a more or less salient angle of greater and deeper-lying truths. The Wrack of the Storm
Going over the battlefield afterwards I noticed that where dead Boers were lying thickest about the salient angle of that eastern space, all were bare-footed. Four Months Besieged The Story of Ladysmith
The capital of a bastion is a line bisecting its salient angle. Elements of Military Art and Science Or, Course Of Instruction In Strategy, Fortification, Tactics Of Battles, &C.; Embracing The Duties Of Staff, Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery, And Engineers; Adapted To The Use Of Volunteers And Militia; Third Edition; With Critical Notes On The Mexican And Crimean Wars.
The simplest form of regular fortification, consisting of two faces meeting in a salient angle; generally applied in connection with other works. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc.
Towns should be laid out not as an exact square nor with salient angles, but in circular form, to give a view of the enemy from many points. The Ten Books on Architecture
Botha was posted on each side of the railway near Belfast; the junction of his right with his left, which had different fronts, forming an obtuse salient angle. A Handbook of the Boer War With General Map of South Africa and 18 Sketch Maps and Plans
But the outline, in all its salient angles, was perfectly indicated. The Real Adventure
At the salient angle of this curtain stood a small postern, to which Dan applied a heavy key, and beckoning to his companion, they ascended a narrow staircase. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1
In fortification, a low outwork of two faces meeting in a salient angle, sometimes attached to ravelins to afford nearer flanking fire. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc.
Irascible, envious—bad enough, but not the worst, for these salient angles were all varnished over with a cold repellant cynicism, his passions vented themselves in sneers. International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, Oct. 1, 1850
The sides of this salient angle become so important that every means should be taken to render them impregnable. The Art of War
Its salient angles would have afforded him absolute security if he had chosen to be satisfied with the miracle already wrought in his favor and leapt into it. The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce — Volume 2: In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians
Wedderburn to him was not so much an individual obstacle as a type, the salient angle of a class. The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories
In fortification, are the two lines forming its most prominent salient angle. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc.
They occupy salient angles of the great foundation, and lie nearest to the corner-stone, elect and precious. Choice Specimens of American Literature, and Literary Reader Being Selections from the Chief American Writers
Elfride's dressing-room lay in the salient angle in this direction, and it was lighted by two windows in such a position that, from Knight's standing-place, his sight passed through both windows, and raked the room. A Pair of Blue Eyes
The sounds had worked round obliquely to the front; evidently the enemy's left was being driven back, and the propitious moment to move against the salient angle of his line would soon arrive. The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce — Volume 2: In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians
They admit the Cavalry, but the exulting Horse find, to their dismay, that the enemy are not routed, but that there are yet inner squares formed at salient angles. Vivian Grey
In fortification, a salient angle formed by two lines of flank defence. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc.
But where the salient angles are comparatively few, and the object of attention is a long-drawn subtle discoursing, you can never recollect, except by yourself thinking the argument over again. Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge
But there was a keen difference of opinion in regard to the disposition of the salient angle furnished by Candahar. The Afghan Wars 1839-42 and 1878-80
Besides the castle, the town was entrenched with ten salient angles, on each of which some small cannon were mounted. An Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of the Colonies of South Carolina and Georgia, Volume 2
Embossed pilasters in rustic work, rising from the basement up to the cornice, close the salient angles of each projection. Picturesque Quebec : a sequel to Quebec past and present
The simplest form of field-work, composed of two faces meeting in a salient angle, and open at the gorge. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc.
She saw our national life from its most salient angles, and, in current phrase, she saw it whole. The Moccasin Maker
He wore a plain black cassock, by no means in its first youth—brown along the seams, and, at the salient angles, at the shoulders, at the elbows, shining with the lustre of hard service. The Cardinal's Snuff-Box
While this contest was going on, Hannibal advanced his centre so as to form a salient angle projecting in front of his line. The Young Carthaginian A Story of The Times of Hannibal
The advantages of a salient angle of that kind, in invading an enemy’s country, are manifest.  Roman and the Teuton
Wherever the coast presents a high cliffy salient angle to the sea, without projecting far into it, it is called a headland; but if the point be low, it is a spit, tongue, or point. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc.
The wall of the town built in the sea has embrasures and salient angles, on which a great number of cannon may be mounted. Travels through France and Italy
Irascible, envious—bad enough, but not the worst, for these salient angles were all varnished over with a cold, repellant cynicism, his passions vented themselves in sneers. The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 1
The Roman infantry now advanced to the charge, and from the nature of Hannibal's formation their centre first came in contact with the head of the salient angle formed by the Gauls and Spaniards. The Young Carthaginian A Story of The Times of Hannibal
They are two salient angles, promontories of the German frontier.  Roman and the Teuton
The whole system of works included between the salient angles, or the capitals prolonged, of any two neighbouring bastions. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc.
"I beg you——" "You who have built that lunette with its retiring angles and its salient angles?" Ten Years Later
The true point of attack was at the other salient angle of our position, on the Roman right centre. Roman and the Teuton
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