airshoot

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1. 1

   A shot at something that is in the air, or a shot in midair.

   • The impressive results: naval gunfire support qualification achieved an 86.3 average, scoring 100 in two surface gunnery shoots , and a 95 grade for an airshoot.
   • We had an account to settle with these compound mortars, and were therefore pleased when an RAF jeep arrived to link us with two Spitfires to carry out airshoots on these deadly nuisances.
2. 2

   A channel for providing ventilation.

   • Each transformer has a sheet-iron case, connected to an airshoot which discharges the warm air outside the building.
   • As to the first idea — a new polyester outlet is to replace the present ugly, heavy, dirty-looking airshoot for putting into portholes for greater ventilation now made of tin or galvanized iron like this at which point he drew a diagram).
   • Its special characteristic is that the mihrab has three airshoots leading air into windows.
3. 3

   A filiform shoot of a water plant that floats on the surface of the water and contains…

   A filiform shoot of a water plant that floats on the surface of the water and contains bract-like organs.

   • At the end of the vegetation period not only the flower-bearing airshoot, but also smaller or greater parts of the purely vegetative stems die away.
   • To understand the genus more fully, the enthusiastic student should research its additional specialized structures such as rhizoids, airshoots, scales, bracts, bracteoles, and quadrifid glands.
   • The British species of Utricularia which produce 'earthshoots' never show the second form of modification, the 'airshoot' ( L in Fig. 65, p . 98), which occurs only in U. vulgaris and in the closely allied U. neglecta.
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   1. 4

      A root-like structure that runs along the surface of the ground, putting down roots at a…

      A root-like structure that runs along the surface of the ground, putting down roots at a distance as a form of propagation.

      • As soon as the airshoots appear they should be hoed, and if the hoeing is continued so as to check the airshoots, the weed may ultimately be destroyed.

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