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Re: Re: Mini Tossing....

To: cobra@cdc.hp.com (Roland Dudley)
Subject: Re: Re: Mini Tossing....
From: pwcs.StPaul.GOV!phile@medtron.medtronic.COM (Philip J Ethier)
Date: Fri, 8 May 92 8:12:45 CDT
>So what's the proper name for that steam driven thingie used
to _________ aircraft from an aircraft carrier?

"catapult" in my dictionary. (def. #2).  Interestingly enough, the definitions
#1 for "catapult" and for "trebuchet" are virtually identical.

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