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noun

(in a queen truss) one of two vertical suspension members supplementing the queen posts nearer to the ends of the span.

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QUIZ YOURSELF ON "WAS" VS. "WERE"!

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“Was” is used for the indicative past tense of “to be,” and “were” is only used for the subjunctive past tense.

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The Princess still kept her eyes fixed on Louis, while, in a suppressed and unsteady voice, she answered her governess.
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If Mac had been alone he would have made the post by sundown, for the Mounted Police rode picked horses, the best money could buy.
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The Café tender was asleep in his chair; the porter had gone off; the sentinel alone kept awake on his post.
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But first he held a whispered colloquy with the Princess, whom he entreated, or persuaded, to re-enter her gorgeous vehicle.
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