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Ettle

To aim at.

Fill the ice or port. - To play a stone so as to block an opening which lay between two other stones, and thereby to guard a position previously obtained.

Fit the tee. - To set the foot fairly upon the heel of the fixed crampit (q.v.) before delivering the stone.

Flee the ice. - To deliver a stone in such a direction or with such force that it goes off the rink (q.v.) altogether.

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