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bursting at the seams
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the point at which normal capacity is exceeded. a stage of emotion at which self-control is lost. Historical Examples Wild Folk Samuel Scoville The Choice of Life Georgette Leblanc My Doggie and I R.M. Ballantyne Mlle. Fouchette Charles Theodore Murray The Home of the Blizzard Douglas Mawson King of Camargue Jean Aicard Outspoken Essays William […]
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the capacity of a thing or substance to resist change when under pressure. the pressure required to break down the resistance of a substance.
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any of various small tackles for use on shipboard. Spanish burton. go for a burton, British Slang. to be lost, missing, or destroyed. to die. Harold Hitz [hits] /hɪts/ (Show IPA), 1888–1964, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1945–58. Sir Richard (Richard Jenkins) 1925–84, English actor, born in Wales. Sir Richard Francis, 1821–90, English […]
- Burton-upon-trent
a city in E Staffordshire, in central England. Historical Examples Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXLII. Vol. LV. April, 1844 Various Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward II Charlotte Mary Yonge noun a town in W central England, in E Staffordshire: famous for brewing. Pop: 43 784 (2001)