By extension, the term " embark " literally means to board the kind of boat called a " barque ".

" By the 1850s, though, this meaning of ‘ broomstick ’ had fallen out of currency and references to ‘ broomstick marriages ’ began to be interpreted literally, as though they had involved a couple actually jumping over a stick.

The actual process of change from one life to the next is called punarbhava ( Sanskrit ) or punabbhava ( Pāli ), literally " becoming again ", or more briefly bhava, " becoming ", and some English-speaking Buddhists prefer the term " rebirth " or " re-becoming " to render this term as they take " reincarnation " to imply a fixed entity that is reborn .< ref >" Reincarnation in Buddhism: What the Buddha Didn't Teach " By Barbara O ' Brien, About. com < sup > Popular Jain cosmology and Buddhist cosmology as well as a number of schools of Hinduism posit rebirth in many worlds and in varied forms.

By 1776, the position of the British Secretary at War was a sophisticated managerial role, but the duties in 1661 to 1666 of England's first Secretary at War, Sir William Clarke, were more basic ones of literally handling the secretarial duties of managing official correspondence, memoranda, military orders, and financial accounts.

By improving ‘ natural surveillance ’ of shared land and facilities of nearby residents by literally increasing the number of people who can see it, and increasing the familiarity of residents, as a collective, residents can more easily detect undesirable or criminal behavior.

" By far the largest among these in terms of population is the capital, Seoul, called a teukbyeol-si ( 특별시 ; literally, special city ), which is home to more than 20 % of the entire population of the country.

By the time of the 1985 European Cup Final, it was literally crumbling.

By definition, the market balances buyers and sellers, so it's impossible to literally have ' more buyers than sellers ' or vice versa, although that is a common expression.

By tradition, his llys (, literally hall ) was located at Deganwy, in the Creuddyn peninsula of Rhos.

By scanning the enormous content of the Internet, some computers " know " literally every single piece of public information ( every scientific discovery, every book and movie, every public statement, etc.

By the constitution of Basset, large advantages were secured to the tailleur, that is, literally, the dealer, or keeper of the bank, and so vast were his gains, that the privilege of keeping a bank at Basset, where the stakes were unlimited, was granted only to cadets or other members of great families, it being certain that a considerable fortune must be realised by the tailleur in a short time.

Later, quo warranto functioned as a court order ( or " writ ") to show proof of authority ; for example, demanding that someone acting as the sheriff prove that the king had actually appointed him to that office ( literally, " By whose warrant are you the sheriff?

By contrast the symbolic two dimensional nature of a crucifix purchased for a church means that if you steal it you have not literally stolen God but it is still a more emotional theft than say a speaker system for that faith community.

Vladimir Petrov, an expert on the financial aspects of the occupation, wrote: " By forbidding the American Army to maintain price, wage, and market controls, it ( JCS 1067 ) literally decreed, as a State Department official put it, economic chaos.

By one theory, it is derived from Medieval French laquais, " foot soldier, footman, servant ", ultimately from Turkish ulak, literally " a messenger ".

By the time the German attack froze to a halt before Moscow on December 5, 1941, it literally could not go any further.

By 1985, sales were over $ 140 million, by 1990, $ 1. 18 billion, and by 1995, Microsoft was the world's most profitable corporation, Allen and Gates were billionaires, and literally thousands of their past and present employees were millionaires.

By 1985, sales were over $ 140 million, by 1990, $ 1. 18 billion, and by 1995, Microsoft was the world's most profitable corporation, Allen and Gates were billionaires, and literally thousands of their past and present employees were millionaires.

By the end of the fifteenth century, Novgorod's influence was waning and the area fell under the control of Muscovy and in 1499, they established, Pustozyorsk (, literally meaning deserted lakes ), and it became a military, commercial, cultural and administrative hub for the area.

By making sarcastic comments to the rest of the team, he inadvertently transforms Spike's cynic personality into optimistic and super-positive, makes Wesley and Fred act extremely drunk despite very little alcohol, causes Gunn to urinate all over the Wolfram & Hart building ( he had told Gunn to " stake out his territory ," resulting in literally marking his territory in a manner similar to animals ), and influences Angel to have sex with Eve after sarcastically commenting on the sexual tension between the two.

By the mid 1930s these communal meals had become well attended spectacles for both members of the Peace Mission and the curious public alike, feeding literally thousands.

By this time, the media also started to establish nicknames like " Freibeuter der Liga " ( Buccaneers of the League ) as well as das Freudenhaus der Liga (" Brothel of the League " but Freudenhaus also literally means " House of Joy ").

By a merging with Wenström's & Granström's Electrical Power Company ( Wenströms & Granströms Elektriska Kraftbolag ) the name was change to Allmänna Svenska Elektriska Aktiebolaget, literally the " General Swedish Electrical Limited Company ", or a ASEA for short.

By the first century BC two varieties of astrology were in existence, one that required the reading of horoscopes in order to establish precise details about the past, present and future ; the other being theurgic ( literally meaning ' god-work '), which emphasised the soul's ascent to the stars.

By 1907 Einstein had framed the fundamentals of the theory of gravity, but then struggled for nearly 8 years with a confounding problem of putting the theory into final form.

By putting backspin on the ball the Magnus effect results in air travelling over the top of the ball quickly and cleanly whilst air travelling under the ball is turbulent.

By 26 March, the growing refusal of soldiers to fire into the largely nonviolent protesting crowds turned into a full scale tumult, and resulted into thousands of soldiers putting down their arms and joining the pro-democracy movement.

By the age of sixteen, Richard commanded his own army, putting down rebellions in Poitou against his father, King Henry II.

By the middle of the century large ' jacht ' fleets were found around the Dutch coast and the Dutch states organised large ' reviews ' of private and war yachts for special occasions, thus putting in place the groundwork for the modern sport of yachting.

By early Monday, March 31, 2003 City crews had dug six huge X's into the runway, putting the airport out of commission.

By putting them together in the direction of the arrows, they can be joined, usually with some grease applied to the ground glass surfaces.

By putting them together in the direction of the arrows, they can be joined, with some grease applied to the ground glass surfaces.

By putting them together in the direction of the arrows with an appropriately-sized O-ring placed in between in circular grooves on each joint ( not shown on the joint on the left side for simplicity ), they can be joined.

By 1675 George's eldest uncle had died without issue, but his remaining two uncles had married, putting George's inheritance in jeopardy as his uncles ' estates might pass to their own sons, should they have had any, instead of to George.

By using progressively smaller targets and putting them in motion, the Wing Tsun practitioner can improve his marksmanship and speed.

By putting the measured period T, and the measured distance between the pivot blades L, into the period equation ( 1 ), g could be calculated very accurately.

# Integrate rather than segregate: By putting the right things in the right place, relationships develop between those things and they work together to support each other.

By putting non-standard emphasis on syllables and sounds, his sentences can be confusing and / or humorous ( what would now be considered mondegreen ).

He was also in the middle of making appearances in Las Vegas and promoting the film “ Twist All Night .” By this point, the band was putting out a markedly different and more contemporary sound, with electric organs and synthesizers, even dabbling in progressive rock.

By 1870, the Hopkins family had switched from brick manufacturing to lumbermen, primarily putting logs in the Manistee rivers, and floating them to the mills for sale.

By early 1968, Buffalo Springfield had also disintegrated over personal issues, and after aiding in putting together the band ’ s final album, Stephen Stills found himself unemployed by the summer.

By silently complying with God's instructions to kill Isaac, Abraham was putting pressure on God to act in a moral way to preserve life.

By late 1981 Pastorius was putting together the Word of Mouth Big Band ( which included Erskine ) for concert dates in Japan, on the assumption that 1982 would be a Weather Report rest year.

By putting all these ideas together on his return from the Paris family holiday, the Christmas Cracker was born complete with a surprise novelty gift, a trinket, a tissue paper hat, a snap to make a bang when pulled apart and a piece of paper with a joke or motto-a maxim of appropriate character to express a principle or ideal suited to the occasion.

By 1935, the persuasive Driscoll talked the San Antonio Fire Department out of putting a new fire station adjacent to the Alamo.

By the early 1950s, a few other publishing houses had begun to attack the Duden monopoly in the West by putting out their own dictionaries, which did not always hold to the " official " spellings prescribed by Duden.

By putting control in the hands of those closest to the content, the context experts, localized governance models empower and unleash creativity.

By effectively putting the barrel on the inside of the weapon, the barrel diameter was no longer a limitation on the warhead size.