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(Naut.) Square-S., courses, topsails, topgallant-sails, royals, and skysails. Fore-andaft S., jibs, staysails, trysails, boom, main, and fore sails, spanker or driver (on the mizzen), gaff topsails, studding-sails, and the flying-kites. Sheer-S. See Driftsail. Lug-S., nearly square, set on a slanting yard, not suspended from the middle, and with the longer arm the higher.
By Henry Percy Smith
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Collagen Induced Arthritis
- ARTHRITIS that is induced in experimental animals. Immunological and infectious agents can be used to develop models. These methods include injections of stimulators the immune response, such as an adjuvant (ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC) or COLLAGEN.