antinous's definitions

drawknife

a knife, usually bevelled on one side only, with a handle at either end of the blade, used with a pulling stroke for rapid removal of stock.

I took the corners off the block with a drawknife before turning it on the lathe.

by Antinous September 12, 2003

deism

Its creed is pure, and sublimely simple. It believes in God, and there it rests.

It honors reason as the choicest gift of God to man, and the faculty by which he is enabled to contemplate the power, wisdom and goodness of the Creator displayed in the creation; and reposing itself on His protection, both here and hereafter, it avoids all presumptuous beliefs, and rejects, as the fabulous inventions of men, all books pretending to revelation.

--Thomas Paine

by antinous February 27, 2004

inabstinent

not abstinent

My hand and I were inabstinent this morning.

by Antinous March 21, 2004

triple header

1. Three baseball or other games played back to back to back.
2. One with three heads.

The Brooklyn Dodgers are playing a triple header with the Boston Braves next week.

by Antinous September 11, 2003

CWD

Chronic Wasting Disease, a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy found in deer and elk, similar to BSE in cows.

CWD is a concern of many hunters.

by Antinous September 11, 2003

simply

Adverb. 1. clearly, unambiguously, without embellishment.
2. merely, only.

1. Speaking simply is the best way to be understood.
2. To defend myself against the burglar, I simply shot him.

by Antinous September 11, 2003

triple play

A play in a baseball game when the fielding team throws out three of the opposing runners.

"I throw the ball to first base. Whoever it is grabs the ball, so the guy runs to second. Who picks up the ball and throws it to What, What throws it to I Don't Know, I Don't Know throws it back to Tomorrow - triple play." --Lou Costello

by Antinous September 11, 2003