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    Run rig, or runrig, also known as rig-a-rendal, was a system of land tenure practised in Scotland, particularly in the Highlands and Islands. It was used...
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  • up rig or ríg in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Rig or RIG may refer to: Rig (fishing), an arrangement of items used for fishing Drilling rig, a structure...
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    Gaff rig is a sailing rig (configuration of sails, mast and stays) in which the sail is four-cornered, fore-and-aft rigged, controlled at its peak and...
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    Horizon was a floating semi-submersible drilling unit—a fifth-generation, ultra-deepwater, dynamically positioned, column-stabilized drilling rig owned by...
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    therefore predating, Hadrian's Wall. Celtic fields Lazy bed Run rig "Glossary: CORD RIG". Archived from the original on 2011-06-16. Retrieved 2010-08-12...
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    Rundale (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference)
    counties. In Scotland, where the system also existed, it was termed run rig (from run, and rig or ridge). Rundale farming systems in Ireland existed from the...
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    A sailing vessel's rig is its arrangement of masts, sails and rigging. Examples include a schooner rig, cutter rig, junk rig, etc. A rig may be broadly...
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  • the War Rig. Furiosa, assisted by an escaped "blood bag" named Max Rockatansky, manages to evade Joe through a dust storm and canyons. During a chase in...
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  • The Bandit Big Rig Series is a motorsport road racing series for semi-tractors which is held in the United States. The competition has the peculiarity...
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    The junk rig, also known as the Chinese lugsail, Chinese balanced lug sail, or sampan rig, is a type of sail rig in which rigid members, called battens...
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  • A rigger is one who works on ropes, booms, lifts, hoists and the like for a stage production, film, or television show. The term "rigger" originally referred...
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    Yawl (redirect from Dandy rig)
    A yawl is a type of boat. The term has several meanings. It can apply to the rig (or sailplan), to the hull type or to the use which the vessel is put...
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  • Effects, and a BAFTA Award for Best Sound at the 70th British Academy Film Awards. On April 20, 2010, Deepwater Horizon, an oil drilling rig operated by...
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    run but is lacking at beam reach and broad reach. Its main purpose and advantage is, however, safety and ease of handling. The first Ljungström rig was...
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  • play a young Furiosa in the upcoming stand-alone prequel spin-off Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga. Furiosa has a mechanical left arm. She drives the War Rig, a fast...
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    An oil platform (also called an oil rig, offshore platform, oil production platform, etc.) is a large structure with facilities to extract and process...
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    Cutter (boat) (redirect from Cutter rig)
    A cutter is a name for various types of watercraft. It can apply to the rig (sail plan) of a sailing vessel (but with regional differences in definition)...
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  • the medieval "ridge and furrow" system of farming, or run rig land allocation. It may refer to: A. G. Rigg (1937–2019), British mediaevalist and academic...
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  • control of a Glaswegian electrician named Caz McLeary, who must navigate through the oil rig following a catastrophic event looking for a way to escape...
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    troughs created by a system of ploughing used in Europe during the Middle Ages, typical of the open-field system. It is also known as rig (or rigg) and furrow...
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