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The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea
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2006
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punt. 1. A small flat-bottomed craft, built in the form of a floating platform or stage, for men working to
caulk a vessel's waterline
seam, to
bream its side, or to repair its bottom.
2. A small wooden boat, with sharp pointed bows and stern, and a very low
freeboard, used by wildfowlers in estuaries and local waters.
3. A flat-bottomed pleasure boat with square ends and drawing very little water used on rivers and propelled with a pole.
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Cowboys' punt coverage has sprung a few leaks.(The Dallas Morning News)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 11/28/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...year the Cowboys had two punts blocked in the first seven...Giants (Nov. 4) _ had a punt rush on. Poor execution...franchise record lows for punt return yardage allowed and for net punt average. The Cowboys have had two punts blocked this season...
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 "Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)")
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PUNTS COULD BE KEY USC WARY OF KICK RETURNER.(Sports)
Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA); 9/8/2001; 700+ words
; ...nation last season in punt returns, averaging 22.8 yards and returning three punts for touchdowns. ``This...s averaging 23 yards a punt return so you'd have...The fact Lockett returns punts is a bit of a Cinderella...Kansas State's regular punt returner at the start...
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BOSSE RETURNS FOUR PUNTS FOR TOUCHDOWNS
Newspaper article from: Evansville Courier & Press; 8/28/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...Bosse High School's punt returners get to a wall...blockers to return four punts for touchdowns during...special teams. "Four punt returns for touchdowns...around back to take the punts (Miles and junior Cory...2) used a 54-yard punt return by sophomore K...
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 "Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)")
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Welker, Faulk have punt returns down pat.(SPORTS)
Newspaper article from: Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA); 11/2/2008; 700+ words
; ...Washington has blocked for punt returners. He has chased and tackled punt returners. But he has never returned punts during his six seasons...a game like a muffed punt. Not only does the offense...says he's returned punts since sixth grade. Faulk...
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Punts give illusion of quality
Newspaper article from: New Straits Times; 11/27/2005; 373 words
; ...remained. Some say the punt facilitates the formation...although the fact that punts are routinely found in...manufacture bottles without a punt. The main reason we continue to put deep punts into prestige bottles is that a punt displaces volume. Many...
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 "Beacon News, The (Aurora, IL)")
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Weather helps punt-blocking efforts Bears Notebook
Newspaper article from: Beacon News, The (Aurora, IL); 12/24/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...The first blocked punt was the first of a Packer punt since the Bears did it...Bears ever blocked two punts in a game and the first time the Packers had two punts blocked since Detroit...t scored a TD on a punt block since Anthony Marshall...
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Stop kicking! Try the place-kick punt.(FOOTBALL)
Magazine article from: Coach and Athletic Director; 2/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...of kick goes farther, punt or place kick? Without...comprehensive stats on high school punts and place kicks, but the...altitude, but shorter, punt. Punts typically go higher, although...freshman level I have seen punt plays where the long snap...
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 "Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)")
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Special (teams) emphasis; Punt, kickoff and field goal units often have been the difference between winning and losing in the Big Ten this season.(SPORTS)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 10/24/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...longer and placed two punts inside the 10-yard line. There have been 12 punt returns for touchdowns...Steve Breaston returned a punt 74 yards for a touchdown...longer and placed two punts inside the 10-yard line...Michael Jenkins returned a punt 54 yards for a touchdown...
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New LSU punt-return man is busting out
News Wire article from: University Wire; 10/18/2006; ; 667 words
; ...preference on returning punts again this season. Trying to fill the punt-return void, LSU has...Orleans native made his punt-returning debut Saturday...immediately. He returned three punts against the Wildcats for...guy who never returned a punt in his high school career...
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Booming punts making Lechler a happy Raider Things could get even better on Monday in Denver
Newspaper article from: Oakland Tribune; 9/19/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...him, Lechler might just punt one over the Rockies...for the year. After 13 punts, he is averaging 52...averaged 57 yards on seven punts against Texas Tech. Then...yards with a 70-yard punt in the first half. Then...averaged 60.8 on four punts, shattering Darren Bennett...
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punt
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
punt 1 / pənt / • n. a long...xA0; [ tr. ] convey in such a boat. punt 2 • v. 1. [ tr. ] Football kick...reaches the ground: he used to be able to punt a football farther than anyone. ∎...
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Punt
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Punt , ancient land S of Egypt accessible by way of the Red Sea. Its...at Deir el Bahari in W Thebes depict an Egyptian expedition to Punt in the reign of Hatshepsut. From Punt the Egyptians obtained slaves, as well as gold and incense.
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Punt‐e‐mes
Book article from: A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition
Punt‐e‐mes Trade name; Italian vermouth with added quinine to give a bitter‐sweet flavour.
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Brown, Tim
Book article from: Notable Sports Figures
...running back a kickoff return and a punt return. He is the Raiders all-time...yards and was a prodigy at returning punts and kickoffs for touchdowns. Though...kick returner after sharing AFC lead in punt returns (11.4 yard average) 1992...
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Green, Darrell 1960–
Book article from: Contemporary Black Biography
...interceptions, and scored two touchdowns on punt returns. As a football player Green was...certain that he would be effective as a punt returner and thought he could help in certain...the Atlanta Falcons, Green returned a punt 61 yards for a touchdown. Green became...
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