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    strong spring device mounted on a wooden base, was first patented by William C. Hooker of Abingdon, Illinois, in 1894. Trapping is carried out for a variety...
    39 KB (4,604 words) - 17:17, 9 June 2024
  • Trap is a faulty attempt by White to win a pawn in a popular variation of the Queen's Gambit Declined. The earliest recorded occurrence of the trap seems...
    3 KB (232 words) - 13:39, 7 February 2024
  • Trap is an upcoming American psychological thriller film written, directed, and produced by M. Night Shyamalan. The film stars Josh Hartnett, Ariel Donoghue...
    13 KB (1,147 words) - 01:48, 15 June 2024
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    Mousetrap (redirect from Mouse trap)
    development of the deadfall trap, but relying on the force of a wound spring rather than gravity. The jaws are operated by a coiled spring, and the triggering...
    24 KB (2,985 words) - 17:06, 8 June 2024
  • The Légal Trap or Blackburne Trap (also known as Légal Pseudo-Sacrifice and Légal Mate) is a chess opening trap, characterized by a queen sacrifice followed...
    9 KB (918 words) - 08:45, 30 March 2024
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    method of trapping. Many traps are illegal. These traps have a high rate of success and are very easy to set up. The springs inside the trap are triggered...
    16 KB (2,017 words) - 17:21, 8 May 2024
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    Venus flytrap (redirect from Venus fly trap)
    like the cap of a spring purse, the concave part outwards, each of which falls back with indented edges (like an iron spring fox-trap); upon anything...
    62 KB (6,947 words) - 20:20, 27 April 2024
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    A spring-gun, booby trap gun etc. is a gun, often a shotgun, rigged to fire when a string or other triggering device is tripped by contact of sufficient...
    7 KB (801 words) - 03:35, 28 April 2024
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    for the Romans to form even a rudimentary fighting line and they were defeated after three hours of hard fighting. The trap failed to enclose the 6,000...
    35 KB (4,354 words) - 19:31, 9 June 2024
  • to a cure for human allergies to dogs. Having bugged the house, Mr. Tinkles and Calico spring a trap for the Brodys. First, Mr. Tinkles travels to a Christmas...
    18 KB (2,010 words) - 07:41, 15 June 2024
  • invisibly away from human encroachment for several months, the hadals spring a trap: a massive, coordinated worldwide ambush of the armies exploring and occupying...
    9 KB (1,117 words) - 17:10, 26 March 2024
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    A booby trap is a device or setup that is intended to kill, harm or surprise a human or another animal. It is triggered by the presence or actions of the...
    23 KB (2,274 words) - 01:56, 1 May 2024
  • Retrieved 11 March 2018. Greenberg, Andy (20 July 2017). "Global Police Spring a Trap on Thousands of Dark Web Users". WIRED. Retrieved 3 March 2018. "Massive...
    18 KB (1,624 words) - 12:38, 28 May 2024
  • A rat trap is a trap designed to catch rats. Designs are often larger variations on mousetraps. Spring traps for large rodents such as rats or squirrels...
    4 KB (515 words) - 09:38, 25 May 2024
  • thugs hold Martin Sr. hostage to get the evidence, but Marty and Caleb spring a trap on them, supported by Katie and her FBI colleagues, as Marty deduced...
    7 KB (634 words) - 14:19, 15 July 2023
  • having found a vital detail in Florence's diary, tells him she knows who attacked Florence and asks for his help. They spring a trap to get Pamela Rose...
    11 KB (1,133 words) - 03:40, 5 May 2024
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    where the possum is a protected native species, the trap uses a spring-loaded metal mouth to break the neck of the animal, resulting in a rapid and humane...
    1 KB (154 words) - 05:26, 1 August 2022
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    waiting 15 km (9.3 mi) to the west of the Belen Pass at Myriandus to spring a trap on Darius as he crossed through the Belen Pass or through the Pillar...
    22 KB (2,046 words) - 09:41, 13 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Ion trap
    An ion trap is a combination of electric and/or magnetic fields used to capture charged particles — known as ions — often in a system isolated from an...
    20 KB (2,700 words) - 02:12, 8 November 2023
  • Thumbnail for Chinese finger trap
    A Chinese finger trap (also known as a Chinese finger puzzle, Chinese thumb cuff, Chinese handcuffs, and similar variants) is a gag toy used to play a...
    8 KB (922 words) - 22:17, 9 March 2024
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