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Ratlines - Sailing (gambling)


Small lines tied between the shrouds to use as a ladder when going aloft.

hyaline (iou)



hyaline adjective & noun. . M17.
[Latin hyalinus from late Greek hualinos, from hualos glass: see -INE2.]
A. adjective. Transparent, translucent; glassy. Orig. poet., now chiefly Anatomy & Medicine. M17.
hyaline cartilage a translucent bluish-white kind of cartilage, present in joints and the respiratory tract and forming much of the foetal skeleton. hyaline degeneration hyalinization. hyaline membrane disease a condition in some babies, esp. premature ones, in which the lung spaces are lined with a membrane that inhibits adequate respiration.
B. noun.
1. A translucent substance such as the smooth sea or the clear sky. poet. M17.
2. Anatomy & Zoology. A clear translucent substance, such as that in hydatid cysts. M19.
Zenker's hyaline degeneration: see ZENKER noun1.
hyalini'zation noun (Medicine) a change of tissue into a homogeneous translucent often firm mass (also called
hyaline degeneration) E20.
hyalinized adjective (Medicine) having the appearance that results from hyalinization E20.
hyali'nosis noun, pl. -noses , Medicine = hyalinization L19.