Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Submarine armor (which see, under
armor ).
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Examples
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He got hold of the Sanderses and their brig; they were brothers, and the brig was the Pride of Banya, and he it was bought the diving-dress — a second-hand one with a compressed air apparatus instead of pumping.
Twelve Stories and a Dream, by H. G. Wells Herbert George 2006
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A child, with a few hours to think it over, could have seen the connection between my diving-dress and the loss of the Ocean Pioneer.
Twelve Stories and a Dream, by H. G. Wells Herbert George 2006
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I went down in the diving-dress on Friday morning directly it was light.
Twelve Stories and a Dream, by H. G. Wells Herbert George 2006
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This incident reminded me that other animals more to be feared might haunt these obscure depths, against whose attacks my diving-dress would not protect me.
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The submarine works were being carried on with the aid of a diving-dress.
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As quickly as possible the diving-dress was taken off him.
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As soon as the young man had set foot on the raft the metallic sphere of the diving-dress was raised, and he took a long breath and sat down to rest.
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But, indeed, in the thick diving-dress, the liquid element is no longer felt, and one only seems to be in an atmosphere somewhat denser than the terrestrial atmosphere.
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A logn whip seemed to twine round his body, and in spite of the thick diving-dress he felt himself lashed again and again.
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Benito shook hands with Manoel; the sphere of the diving-dress was again screwed to his neck, the pump began to work, and the diver once more disappeared beneath the stream.
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