RULES OF THE ROAD
\ɹˈuːlz ɒvðə ɹˈə͡ʊd], \ɹˈuːlz ɒvðə ɹˈəʊd], \ɹ_ˈuː_l_z ɒ_v_ð_ə ɹ_ˈəʊ_d]\
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(Naut.) Those by which it is determined which of two vessels is to give way to the other: e.g. a steamer gives way to a sailing-vessel; a sailing-vessel running free, to one sailing near the wind; one on the port, to one on the starboard tack.
By Henry Percy Smith
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).
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