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15 Cards in this Set
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- 3rd side (hint)
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Souwester |
Waterproof hat, usually worn at sea |
Sue was wet |
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Sextant |
Optical instrument used for navigation |
Find the "X" on the S shaped road on a map |
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Baize |
Woolen fabric resembling felt; usually green |
B for billiards, B for baize |
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Isocline |
A fold of rock |
Isolated rock in the fold. When you incline you find rocks |
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Lintel |
Horizontal beam over a door |
Lintel is horizontal |
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Travois |
Transport device of two poles and canvas pulled by animals |
Travel |
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Sheaves |
Bundle or cluster of grains |
Heavy is like heave |
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Cognate |
Related by birth; same decent |
Together |
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Dolmen |
Tomb of two large stones connected with a horizontal one |
Dead man |
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Bollards |
Thick low post usually on a wharf |
Shaped like a bowling pin |
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Lee |
Shelter side, turned away from wind |
L is the wind and E's are turned away |
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Loess |
Clay or slit deposit formed by wind |
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Bandolier |
Broad belt carrying ammo |
Band of ammo |
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Wimpled |
Rippled; undulate |
Ripples sounds like wimpled |
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Vermiculate |
Wavy or worm like markings |
Verm sounds like worm |
