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against the grain	To sand or plane a piece of wood parallel or nearly parallel to the fibers such that splinters forming ahead of the tool originate below the cutting surface.	Rate it: (3.50 / 2 votes)
deadstick landing	When a pilot lands a plane after the engine has died; a landing lacking any propulsion control.	Rate it: (1.00 / 1 vote)
dub out	To fill out, as an uneven surface, to a plane, or to carry out a series of small projections.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
jug ears	Ears whose plane is markedly not parallel to the plane of the head.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
omnem luctum plane abstergere	to banish all sad thoughts.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
on board	Even when I am on board the plane, I can never feel secure that my luggage is, too.	Rate it: (5.00 / 2 votes)
plane, aperte dicere	to speak openly, straightforwardly.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
rake	The direction of slip during fault movement. The rake is measured within the fault plane.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
rocket science	Anything overly complex, detailed or confusing.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
rocket science	The science or study of rockets and their design.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
rocket scientist	One specializing in the science or study of rockets and their design.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
rocket scientist	Someone qualified to understand or handle that which is overly complex, detailed or confusing; a genius.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
rocket up	to increase sharply.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
shoot the moon	To hit the moon, with a rocket or by other means.	Rate it: (2.00 / 1 vote)
wheels up	More of a question than an answer: Does this mean when the plane is directed to depart, when the wheels leave the tarmac, or when the wheels are retracted into the body of the plane?	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)