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long-tail (iou)



long-tail noun. L16.
[from LONG adjective1 + TAIL noun1.]
A long-tailed animal; formerly, a dog or horse with the tail uncut; a long-tailed bird, spec. (a) the long-tailed duck, Clangula hyemalis; (b) the white-tailed tropic bird, Phaethon lepturus; (c) dial. a pheasant. L16.
A native of the county of Kent in SE England (in allusion to the jocular imputation that the people of Kent had tails). Long obsolete exc. dial. E17.
Comb.: long-tail pair Electronics orig., a pair of matched valves connected to a common large resistor; now usu., a pair of matched bipolar transistors with their emitters so connected.

ihram (iou)



ihram noun. E18.
[Arab. 'iram, ult. from arama forbid. Cf. HAREM.]
The sacred state into which a Muslim must enter before performing a pilgrimage, during which sexual intercourse, shaving, cutting one's nails, and several Other actions are forbidden. E18.
The costume worn by a Muslim in this state, consisting of two lengths of seamless usu. white fabric, one worn about the hips, the Other over the shoulders or sometimes only over the left shoulder. E18.