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EQUIPMENT
equipment
(noun) an instrumentality needed for an undertaking or to perform a service
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
equipment (usually uncountable, plural equipments)
The act of equipping, or the state of being equipped, as for a voyage or expedition.
• David Hume
Whatever is used in equipping something or someone, for example things needed for an expedition or voyage.
• Henry Longfellow
Source: Wiktionary
E*quip"ment, n. Etym: [Cf. F. Ă©quipement. See Equip.]
1. The act of equipping, or the state of being equipped, as for a voyage or expedition. Burke. The equipment of the fleet was hastened by De Witt. Hume.
2. Whatever is used in equipping; necessaries for an expedition or voyage; the collective designation for the articles comprising an outfit; equipage; as, a railroad equipment (locomotives, cars, etc. ; for carrying on business); horse equipments; infantry equipments; naval equipments; laboratory equipments. Armed and dight, In the equipments of a knight. Longfellow.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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BRIGHT
(adjective) made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow; “bright silver candlesticks”; “a burnished brass knocker”; “she brushed her hair until it fell in lustrous auburn waves”; “rows of shining glasses”; “shiny black patents”
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