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toilet(2) (iou)



toilet verb. M19.
[from TOILET noun.]
verb intrans. Carry out one's toilet, wash and dress oneself. M19.
verb trans. Assist or supervise (a child, an invalid, etc.) in using a lavatory; refl. use a lavatory unaided. M20.
toileting verbal noun the action of the verb; an instance of this: M20.

Ballard, Robert D(uane) (sh)




born 1942, Wichita, Kan., U.S.

U.S. oceanographer and marine geologist.

He grew up near San Diego, Calif. As a marine scientist at the Woods Hole (Mass.) Oceanographic Research Institution, he pioneered the use of deep-diving submersibles, participated in the first manned exploration of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, and discovered warm water springs and their unusual animal communities in the Galapagos Rift. He is best known for his dramatic discovery of the wreck of the Titanic in 1985. Since then he has gone on to discover ships lost in battle during World War II.