camber piece

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noun

a centering for a flat arch, slightly crowned to allow for settling of the arch.

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Also called camber slip .

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My doctor insisted that once I filed this piece I lie down on my bed and not get out.
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However, an article designed to act as a tie-in to the piece has been published as planned in the BBC magazine Radio Times.
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I assure you, no matter how beautifully we play any piece, the minute Liszt plays it, you would scarcely recognize it!
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I was busy loading the piece when an exclamation of surprise from one of the men made me look up.
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There were two battalions, together about a thousand men; and they brought a field-piece with them.
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She got up and stood in front of the fire, having her hand on the chimney-piece and looking down at the blaze.
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With a groan, wrung from the very depths of his heart, he tossed the man a gold-piece; another to the woman.
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