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Fig – Foul Strike

Fig

1.-THE BOW.

A, Upper LIMB.

B, Handle.

C, Lower limb.

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3.

STRAIGHT FEATHERS.

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5. KNUCKLE TIP.

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12.-BEFORE THE DRAW. the knuckle of the left, placing the nock on the nocking-point, the cock feather (that which is at right angles to the nock) being

Float

The buoyant component of the carburettor, the function of which is to regulate the supply of petrol passing to the jet.

Flywheel

The flywheel of a petrol engine has two main duties to perform: (1) to carry the crank shaft round during the intervals between the firing strokes, and (2) to equalise the shock effect of the explosion. The energy it accumulates from each explosion is the energy it dissipates in the first category.

Fuel Consumption

- Varies according to the horse-power of an engine, and, in particular, to the amount of work an engine is called on to do.

Fly Ball

A ball batted into the air.

Forced Out

When a base-runner is compelled to make room for his successor and is touched by the ball held by a fielder or cannot reach the next base as soon as the fielder holding the ball.

Foul Ball

A ball batted into foul ground, except in the case of a foul tip.

Foul Lines

The lines running from the home-plate through first and third bases to the extremity of the field.

Foul Strike

- A ball batted by the batsman out of position or a ball bunted which rolls into foul ground.

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