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Derrick   /dˈɛrɪk/   Listen
Derrick

noun
1.
A framework erected over an oil well to allow drill tubes to be raised and lowered.
2.
A simple crane having lifting tackle slung from a boom.





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"Derrick" Quotes from Famous Books



... a particular inclination; the gable had tilted towards the garden, after the manner of a leaning tower, and one of the former proprietors had buttressed the building from that side with a great strut of wood, like the derrick of a crane. Altogether, it had many marks of ruin; it was a house for the rats to desert; and nothing but its excellent brightness—the window-glass polished and shining, the paint well scoured, the brasses radiant, the ...
— The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 6 (of 25) • Robert Louis Stevenson


Words linked to "Derrick" :   framework, crane


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