"Calipers" is a word in ENGLISH
An instrument, usually resembling a pair of dividers
or compasses with curved legs, for measuring the diameter or thickness
of bodies, as of work shaped in a lathe or planer, timber, masts, shot,
etc.; or the bore of firearms, tubes, etc.; -- called also caliper
compasses, or caliber compasses.
It has been more wittily than charitably said that hell is paved with good intentions. They have their place in heaven also.
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A grizzled old man was eating in a truck stop when three Hell's Angels' bikers walked in. The first walked up to the old man, pushed his cigarette into the old man's pie and then took a seat at the counter. The second walked up to the old man, spat into the old man's milk and then he too took a seat at the counter. The third walked up to the old man, turned over the old man's plate, and then he took a seat at the counter. Without a word of protest, the old man quietly left the diner. Shortly thereafter, one of the bikers said to the waitress, "Humph, not much of a man, was he?" The waitress replied, "Not much of a truck driver either, he just backed his big-rig over three motorcycles."
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Read the complete definitionAn instrument for describing circles, measuring figures, etc., consisting of two, or (rarely) more, pointed branches, or legs, usually joined …
Read the complete definitionAn instrument for measuring angles, in surveying, etc. It resembles a protractor, but has an alidade, sights, and a compass.
Read the complete definitionAn instrument for dividing lines, describing circles, etc., compasses. See Compasses.
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Read the complete definitionOne of the sights of a compass, quadrant, etc.
Read the complete definitionDimensions; compass; space occupied, as measured by cubic units, that is, cubic inches, feet, yards, etc.; mass; bulk; as, the …
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