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Taglia

Taglia \Tagl"ia\, n. [It., a cutting, a pulley, from tagliare to cut. See Tailor.] (Mech.) A peculiar combination of pulleys.
--Brande & C.

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taglia

n. (context engineering obsolete English) A particular system of fixed and movable pulleys.

Usage examples of "taglia".

Putting out his cigarette, Roscani let his eyes wander from Taglia to Farel and then to Castelletti, Scala, and the others.

Roscani and Taglia, Taglia with a decision to make, Roscani to hear it.

Marcello Taglia, the man in charge of Gruppo Cardinale, had been cornered as his car entered police headquarters, and he had stepped out to confront the mass of reporters and respond to their questions head on.

American attorney Harry Addison had come from he did not know, Taglia said.

In response, Taglia had assigned Roscani to discover who had leaked the material.

There were calls waiting from Taglia in Rome, Farel in the Vatican, his wife at home.

Perhaps he had a chance yet, before the whole thing crumbled into the hands of Taglia and the politicians.

September, Gruppo Cardinale ranking prosecutor Marcello Taglia announced that the late terrorist Thomas Jose Alvarez-Rios Kind was the assassin of Rosario Parma, cardinal vicar of Rome, and that he had acted alone, with the participation of no other groups or governments.

I must ultimately point out to the court that, when command was assumed by Lieutenant Taglia and the operation proceeded, Colonel Weiz removed himself to a former enemy emplacement out of rocket range and remained there.

Finally he had to ask Taglia, who took it all for granted, how the powers that be kept from drowning in all the paperwork.

Fortunately, Taglia seemed to be the kind that doted on the Fluxgirlsfortunately for Taglia, Matson thought sourly.

Old man Taglia walks at this hour, unobserved, his house dark and asleep.

Leroy closed his eyes and saw the tan van with the crisp black lettering on its passenger door, very businesslike: Taglia Exterminators.

There was no listing for Taglia Exterminators in the phone book or Yellow Pages, and Information was no help either.

Taglia Exterminators or Taglia anything else among the multitude of names.