noun. A maneuver in gymnastics, martial arts, and similar sports in which a person moves from lying on the back directly to a standing position by thrusting the legs upward and pushing off with hands placed palms-down near the ears.

noun. A unit of weight equal to 1,000 pounds (455 kilograms).

noun. undefined

noun. The untanned hide of a small or young animal, such as a calf.

noun. A set or bundle of such hides.

noun. A rooming house.

noun. A place to sleep; a bed.

noun. Sleep.

intransitive verb. To sleep.

To snatch; take up hastily.

To hold or keep: with together.

To conduct one's self; act.

noun. In. coal-mining, a level or gently sloping outgoing roadway, at the extremity of an engine-plane, upon which the full tubs stand ready to be sent up the shaft.

noun. The hide of a young or small beast, as a lamb or calf. The term is also applied to the skins of full-grown cattle when they are of a small breed, or, in general, undersized.

noun. A sharp-pointed hill; a jutting point.

noun. A hook.

noun. The enlarged tip of the lower jaw of a spent salmon. See kipper, n.

noun. A house of ill fame.

noun. A lodging-house; a bed in a lodging-house; hence, a bed in general.

noun. A sharp-pointed hill; a projecting point, as on a hill.

noun. A method or feat of raising the body when hanging or swinging by the arms, as for the purpose of mounting upon the horizontal bar. The legs are swung forward and upward by bending the hips, then suddenly down again, which gives the upward impulse to the body.

noun. The hide of a young or small beef creature, or leather made from it; kipskin.

noun. See Kipskin.

noun. The untanned hide of a young or small beast, such as a calf, lamb, or young goat.

noun. A bundle or set of such hides.

noun. A unit of count for skins, 30 for lamb and 50 for goat.

noun. The leather made from such hide; kip leather.

noun. A unit of force equal to 1000 pounds-force (lbf) (4.44822 kilonewtons or 4448.22 newtons); occasionally called the kilopound.

noun. A unit of weight, used, for example, to calculate shipping charges, equal to half a US ton, or 1000 pounds.

noun. A unit of mass equal to 1000 avoirdupois pounds.

noun. A place to sleep; a rooming house; a bed.

noun. Sleep, snooze, nap, forty winks, doze.

noun. A very untidy house or room.

noun. A brothel.

verb. To sleep; often with the connotation of a temporary or charitable situation, or one borne out of necessity.

noun. A basic skill or maneuver in artistic gymnastics on the uneven bars, parallel bars, high bar and still rings used, for example, as a way of mounting the bar in a front support position, or achieving a handstand from a hanging position. In its basic form, the legs are swung forward and upward by bending the hips, then suddenly down again, which gives the upward impulse to the body.

noun. A piece of flat wood used to throw the coins in a game of two-up.

noun. A sharp-pointed hill; a projecting point, as on a hill.

noun. The unit of currency in Laos, divided into 100 att, symbol ₭, abbreviation LAK.

noun. a gymnastic exercise performed starting from a position with the legs over the upper body and moving to an erect position by arching the back and swinging the legs out and down while forcing the chest upright

noun. sleep

noun. the basic unit of money in Laos

verb. be asleep

"Back in the front room, where the bottle of freshly drained, still-frothy bile sits on the table, the farmer shows us a price list, helpfully laid out in Lao kip and US dollars for the customers who visit his home."

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