n. (Mach.) The curved channel in which a breast wheel turns. It is closely adapted to the curve of the wheel through about a quarter of its circumference, and prevents the escape of the water until it has spent its force upon the wheel. See Breast wheel. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Naut. & Surv.) The distance measured toward the east between two meridians drawn through the extremities of a course; distance of departure eastward made by a vessel. [ 1913 Webster ]
[guǐ huǒ, ㄍㄨㄟˇ ㄏㄨㄛˇ, 鬼火] will-o'-the-wisp (mysterious lights due to phosphorescence from natural calcium phosphate 磷化鈣|磷化钙 CaPO3, or more probably caused by restless souls or demons feasting on corpses); Jack-o'-lantern, See also:磷化鈣, 磷化钙#50,379[Add to Longdo]
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