Puckane, officially Puckaun (), is a village in North Tipperary, Ireland.

Gems which are transparent are normally faceted, a method which shows the optical properties of the stone's interior to its best advantage by maximizing reflected light which is perceived by the viewer as sparkle.

It is actually simply the outward radial component of the stone's inertia caused by its swing.

After all, if one considers the stone's position relative to the sun around which the planet orbits, one could hold that the stone is constantly being lifted — strained though that interpretation would be in the present context.

** An approach is moving the capturing stone to a point adjacent to an opponent stone provided that the stone is on the continuation of the capturing stone's movement line.

Bishop Grosseteste University College, a stone's throw away from Lincoln Cathedral, is named after Robert Grosseteste.

* Covered Bridge Museum is a small museum located a stone's throw from the Euharlee Covered Bridge.

It is still possible to walk in the woods and on the common, meander around the airfield, and even go for a meal and a pint in the Wattenden Arms — a stone's throw from the airfield and said to be a favourite with pilots during the war.

This park is located in the present-day Kowloon City District, at the junction of Sung Wong Toi Road and Ma Tau Chung Road, which is close to the stone's original site.

Université de Saint-Boniface Located in the heart of Winnipeg's green and quiet St. Boniface neighbourhood, Université de Saint Boniface is a stone's throw away from cafés, restaurants and shopping.

One argument against the stone's antiquity is its apparent use of modern Hebrew punctuation, though amateur epigrapher Barry Fell argued that the punctuation is consistent with antiquity.

"), only one church is mentioned ; Pankhurst adds that " what is special about Lalibela ( as every tourist knows ) is that it is the site of eleven or so rock churches, not just one – and they are all within more or less a stone's throw of each other!

However, the stone's position was actually closer to Stepney Green than Mile End station itself, which is further east, on the junction with Burdett Road.

Magnus dies gathering the attention of the Crayven and leading them away from stone's unit, and is rescued by Major Parker.

It is in the Caucasus Mountains, near the frontier between Georgia and Russia and a ' stone's throw ' from troubled Chechnya.

Literally a stone's throw upstream from Hraunfossar, there is another waterfall called Barnafoss.

The famous Fraterna Fountain, the town's main symbol, was built in the 13th century: it is made up of living stone's slabs coming from ruined Roman monuments, while all the rest is a work of local masters, cmomissioned by the Rampini family of Isernia.

However, Wishbringer featured several such puzzles, many of which could be solved either in a straightforward ( that is, non-magical ) manner or by using one of the stone's wishes.

The stone's location is somewhat ironic, yet appropriate, given that Babson's scientific views were shared by few if any scientists.

But so convinced of communism's inevitable triumph is Prince Sihanouk that he is ready to throw in the towel.

`` This is the sort of stuff I write and then throw away ''!!

The only area in which American boys hold their own is the baseball throw.

Of course, if you want to throw all caution to the winds and rent an Imperial or Cadillac limousine just for you and your bride, you'll have a memorable tour, but it won't be cheap, and it is not recommended unless you own a producing oil well or you've had a winner in the Irish Sweepstakes.

`` Last year your Tennessee Williams told our Dilys Powell, in a television program, that it is the task of the playwright to throw light into the dark corners of the human heart.

Among Classical Greeks, amazon was given a popular etymology as from a-mazos, " without breast ", connected with an etiological tradition that Amazons had their left breast cut off or burnt out, so they would be able to use a bow more freely and throw spears without the physical limitation and obstruction ; there is no indication of such a practice in works of art, in which the Amazons are always represented with both breasts, although the left is frequently covered ( see photos in article ).

** DI — Defensive Indifference: if the catcher does not attempt to throw out a runner ( usually because the base would be insignificant ), the runner is not awarded a steal.

In addition, if the situation of the game is such that the steal is of little use ( usually in the late innings when the runner would not change the game's outcome by scoring ), and the catcher does not attempt to throw out the runner, the runner is not credited with a steal, and the base is attributed to defensive indifference.

If he begins to run too soon, the pitcher may throw to a base rather than to home — in this case, the runner is picked off, and will most likely be tagged out.

Additionally, the catcher is not ready to come out of his crouch and cannot throw to second until an infielder gets there.

It is also technically the easiest to steal, as it is farthest from home plate and thus a longer throw from the catcher is required to prevent it.

Third base is a shorter throw for the catcher, and thus more difficult to steal, though a right-handed batter can sometimes help by serving as an obstacle that the catcher must throw around.

In short, shall include all bases made by a clean steal, or through a wild throw or muff of the ball by a fielder who is directly trying to put the base runner out while attempting to steal.

Disruptive physical contact ( a personal foul ) is penalized, and a free throw is usually awarded to an offensive player if he is fouled while shooting the ball.

A technical foul gives the opposing team a free throw, and the opposing team is also retained possession of the ball.

The artist looks at an ankle, a calf, a bosom and, in his mind's eye, the clothes drop away and he sees her as she really is.

The fumes of progress are in his nose and the bright steel of industry towers before his eyes, but his heart is away in Yoknapatawpha County with razorback hogs and night riders.

It is not between Euripides and Shakespeare that the western mind turns away from the ancient tragic sense of life.

`` Mr. Flannagan is away '', she said.

Not only is this kind of duplication wasteful, but it gives the combined system the ability to take freight traffic away from the New York Central and other railroads serving the area.

The orchestra is far enough away from you that you miss the bow scrapes, valve clicks, and other noises incidental to playing.

In going away Debonnie got behind several lengths, stalling at the start -- she is a little fussy.

Thermoforming the laminate and then sanding away the top layer is a quick and economical way to produce a two-color sign.

Here the pulmonary vein, as in type 2,, is noted to draw away from the bronchus, and to follow a more direct, independent course to the hilum ( figs. 23, 24 ).

Although the Brandywine population is still predominantly rural, `` there are indications of a consistent and a statistically significant trend away from the older and relatively isolated rural communities.

There is no doubt that higher education since World War 2, has moved away from `` pure '' liberal education toward greater emphasis on technology and specialization.

It is a commonplace that to the degree these special preserves of past philosophic hunting grounds establish an empirical content and suitable methodological criteria, they move away from philosophy as such.

This movement of industry away from the central cities is not so catastrophically new as some prophets seem to believe.

she is the unattainable beauty, the princess who turns away suitors by the dozen.

This is normally termed the gyro input axis, 90-degrees away from the gyro output or **yj axis.

What he does do is give himself away by communicating information over and above the words involved.

Everything else is closed away.

Rather, it is typical of the thousands of quacks who use phony therapeutic devices to fatten themselves on the miseries of hundreds of thousands of Americans by robbing them of millions of dollars and luring them away from legitimate, ethical medical treatment of serious diseases.

But it is our health -- more precious than all the money in the world -- that these modern witch doctors with their fake therapeutic gadgets are gambling away.

There will be losses caused by emergencies that arise while he is away at his off-farm job.

This is followed by a tremendous suck of water away from the shore as the first great trough arrives.

Today, Africa is swerving violently away from the West and plunging, it would seem, into the Soviet orbit.

For most Brooklyn College students, college is at once a perpetuation of their ethnic attachments and a breaking away from the cage of neighborhood and family.

The breaking away from the prison house of Brooklyn is gradual.