(n.) A little band, especially one intended to encircle the hair of the head.
(n.) A piece of lean meat without bone; sometimes, a long strip rolled together and tied.
(n.) A thin strip or ribbon; esp.: (a) A strip of metal from which coins are punched. (b) A strip of card clothing. (c) A thin projecting band or strip.
(n.) A concave filling in of a reentrant angle where two surfaces meet, forming a rounded corner.
(n.) A narrow flat member; especially, a flat molding separating other moldings; a reglet; also, the space between two flutings in a shaft. See Illust. of Base, and Column.
(n.) An ordinary equaling in breadth one fourth of the chief, to the lowest portion of which it corresponds in position.
(n.) The thread of a screw.
(n.) A border of broad or narrow lines of color or gilt.
(n.) The raised molding about the muzzle of a gun.
(n.) Any scantling smaller than a batten.
(n.) A fascia; a band of fibers; applied esp. to certain bands of white matter in the brain.
(n.) The loins of a horse, beginning at the place where the hinder part of the saddle rests.
(v. t.) To bind, furnish, or adorn with a fillet.
Example Sentences:
(1) We tested 1,145 isolates from fresh and spoiling irradiated (0.0, 0.3, and 0.6 Mrad) yellow perch fillets for proteolytic activity, by the use of both media.
(2) The only vitamin D analogue found in fish oils, livers and fillets, was cholecalciferol (D3).
(3) Meticulous handling of the graft (using a Goeller trephine and Tenon's traction sutures), filleting Tenon's capsule and avoiding cautery of the graft bed may minimize graft necrosis and atrophy.
(4) I choose the halibut fillet with scallops, dauphinoise potatoes, veg melange and pesto tapenade.
(5) There were only found 6 cases of occupational dermatitis among fillet workers; 3 reacted to fish and 3 had irritant contact dermatitis.
(6) It is concluded that the shelf life of iced whole cod can be predicted using this model but not that of vacuum-packed fillets because of the greater variability of bacterial activity in packaged fish.
(7) The flour consisted in a 1.00:1.15 dry mixture of by-products from shark filleting (dt) and shrimp by products (cc).
(8) Equal portions of codfish- and perch fillets were tested.
(9) 800g veal shoulder, cut into 4cm dice 1 tbsp plain flour Salt and black pepper 30g unsalted butter 60ml olive oil 1 large onion, peeled and roughly chopped 200ml dry white wine 8 large sage leaves Shaved skin of 1 lemon, plus 3 tbsp lemon juice 1 550g head puntarelle (or 2 heads white chicory, cut widthways into 3cm-long segments) 1 small celeriac, peeled and chopped into 2cm dice (500g net weight) 200g pancetta, cut into 1cm dice 20g capers For the salad 1 clove garlic, peeled and crushed 1 anchovy fillet, finely chopped 2 tsp red-wine vinegar 2 tbsp olive oil 1 white chicory, cut in half lengthways and then into long, 0.5cm thick wedges (or the rest of the puntarelle, if using) 80g rocket Toss the veal in flour seasoned with a teaspoon of salt and a good grind of pepper, until evenly coated, then tap off any excess.
(10) Press the fillets first into the mustard and paprika, then into the crumbs.
(11) Place the turbot fillets on top and pour the white wine and fish stock on to the fillets.
(12) The initial population of this organism on fillets of high bacterial quality is uniformly below 4% and most frequently no greater than 1%.
(13) The remaining fillets failed to provoke such symptoms, even though 17 of them were tested by volunteers proven to be susceptible to scombro-intoxication.
(14) Photograph: John Carey At this stage, if you're filleting sea bass or gurnard, you'll encounter a small difficulty: the rib cage (at the head end of the fillet) bulges out a bit.
(15) The use of a digital fillet flap from an unsalvageable ring finger allowed for a one-stage procedure avoiding donor site morbidity or need for additional reconstructive surgery.
(16) Three convenience products--frozen, precooked chicken apple fritters, chicken breast fillets, and chicken patties--provided by one processor were subjectively evaluated by two taste panels of older adults, ranging in age from the sixties to middle eighties.
(17) An extract containing "unavailable" small peptides was isolated from an enzymic digest of heat-damaged cod fillet and examined for its influence on uptake of leucine in the rat small intestine, using the everted-sac technique.
(18) When the atrial septal flap is deficient at the site of an atrial septal defect, the flap is filleted to enlarge it using living tissue.
(19) It is less tender than fillet but much less expensive and often overlooked by those in search of a piece of steak to grill.
(20) But it doesn't stop there – shoppers are also stocking up on frozen salmon or cod fillets, ready-made frozen curries, chocolate-chip cookies and porridge oats.
Waterproofing
Definition:
(n.) The act or process of making waterproof.
(n.) Same as Waterproof, n., 1.
Example Sentences:
(1) It is concluded that the thickness of the waterproofing sheath is not a very sensitive variable, assuming the thickness is between 0.5 and 2.0 mm.
(2) Cryoscopic analysis of frozen sections provided indirect evidence for the presence of a waterproof layer limiting evaporation from living epithelial cells in dormant land snails.
(3) In the case of Airbnb, it’s facilitating the buy-to-let marketplace, and lets people like me – who have the assets to sweat – make a profit to cover the cost of more assets, which can then be priced accordingly to cover their own bricks and mortar (or, in my case, fuel and waterproof blacking).
(4) The BBC sessions version of Hey is one of my favourite ever songs and to hear that, as the sun was trying to break through, almost made me forget the fact I'd lost my waterproof and was walking about sopping wet in a glorified bin-liner.
(5) In the meantime, clinicians should be aware of this problem and may choose to prevent these errors by wrapping the connection with waterproof tape.
(6) He issues instructions home for new boots, a waterproof sheet, a lamp, field glasses and a camera.
(7) This material support involved allowing an acquaintance to stay in his apartment for two weeks – an acquaintance who later delivered raincoats and waterproof socks to al-Qaida.
(8) So while in Japan you can easily stumble across a remote-control tissue box or a battery-operated planetarium for your bathroom (by which I mean a waterproof Saturn-shaped orb that floats in the bath and projects the entire visible universe onto the ceiling), the sense of surrounding novelty has diminished.
(9) Below this is a very thin waterproof layer of wax and 'sclerotin' continuous with the contents of the tubular filaments, which is readily removed by adsorptive dusts.
(10) British mountaineer Kenton Cool was sitting in the check-in lounge at Gatwick airport last Thursday with a locked waterproof box that, if all goes according to plan, will not leave his side until he reaches Everest's summit for a 10th time this spring.
(11) He has kitted us out in our super-modern waterproof gear that makes us look like a family of Scandinavian traffic cops, but about which even the teenager doesn't complain.
(12) Let's hope he's not brought his brolly along this time, but invested in a nice waterproof jacket instead, a mac maybe.
(13) Waterproof footwear and clothing should be worn to minimize skin contact.
(14) Make sure you take a waterproof bivvy for your sleeping bag, plenty of warm layers and hot food and drink.
(15) It is also waterproof and would be perfect to use in hydrogen reservoirs.
(16) After struggling into a dry suit, I grabbed a handful of waterproof gear bags and headed down to the beach.
(17) Motorola is promising “all-day battery life” for the Moto E, and has fitted it with features such as Corning’s scratch-resistant Gorilla Glass 3 and P2i’s waterproof nano coating (which makes the phone splash-proof) that are found only on smartphones costing twice as much as the Moto E. As with the Moto G, Motorola will guarantee an upgrade to the next version of Android for the Moto E, something that cannot be said for most of the other smartphones in its class.
(18) Bedding has been constructed with a vapour-permeable waterproof fabric that is impermeable to house dust mite antigen (Der p1).
(19) Patrick Kingsley (@PatrickKingsley) Top priorities before the trip to Europe: change lira into euros; buy a lifejacket; waterproof your electricals.
(20) Try a waterproof picnic blanket, much cheaper and easy to keep clean.