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s | barnacle |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a noun barnacle is

a marine crustacean of the subclass cirripedia that attaches itself to submerged surfaces such as tidal rocks or the bottoms of ships.

As a verb barnacle is

to connect with or attach.

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=ยทยทยท , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    barnacle

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A marine crustacean of the subclass Cirripedia that attaches itself to submerged surfaces such as tidal rocks or the bottoms of ships.
  • The barnacle goose.
  • (engineering, slang) In electrical engineering, a change made to a product on the manufacturing floor that was not part of the original product design.
  • (computing, slang) On printed circuit boards, a change such as soldering a wire in order to connect two points, or addition such as an added resistor or capacitor, subassembly or daughterboard.
  • (obsolete) An instrument like a pair of pincers, to fix on the nose of a vicious horse while shoeing so as to make it more tractable.
  • (archaic, British) A nickname for spectacles.
  • (slang, obsolete) A good job, or snack easily obtained.

    • Related terms

    * barnacle eater * barnacle goose * barnacle scale

    Verb

    (barnacl)
  • To connect with or attach.
  • * 2009 , , Hidden Buddhas: A Novel of Karma and Chaos , Stone Bridge Press (2009), ISBN 9781933330853, page 178:
    • Tokuda went over everything his grandfather had taught him, including the commentary that had barnacled on to the core knowledge.
  • To press close against something.
  • * 2002 , , All Families Are Psychotic , Vintage Canada (2002), ISBN 0679311831, page 16:
    • He turned a corner to where he supposed the cupboard might be, to find Howie and Alanna barnacled together in an embrace.

    See also

    * limpet

    References

    * * 1811 Dictionary of Vulgar Tongue , available from Project Gutenberg [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/5402]

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