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Detain As A Ship Crossword Clue

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noun

• an advanced student or graduate in medicine gaining supervised practical experience

verb

• work as an intern

• deprive of freedom

53%8Detain or detain
noun

• Restraint (act or result of holding back, device that restrains)

• The projection or loop, on the thill of a vehicle, to which a strap of the harness is attached, to hold back a carriage when going downhill, or in backing.

• The strap or part of the harness so used.

43%6Detain a ship
verb

• To unfasten (something tacked).

• To remove the tack from.

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New York Times16 May 1986 Down 12
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