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1. angledozer in angle, n.2 View full entry 1935
...a type of bulldozer with a blade which is or can be set at an oblique angle, so that earth is pushed to one side rather than in the direction of travel....
2. asphalt, v. View full entry 1872
...To cover or lay with asphalt....
3. asphalted, adj. View full entry 1845
...Covered or laid with asphalt....
4. back-, comb. form View full entry 1562
...With pres. pple., forming adjs., as back-acting (cf. back-acter2), back-blowing, back-coming, back-driving, back-glancing, back-going, ...
5. back-acter in back-, comb. form View full entry 1957
...= backhoe below; cf. back-action...
6. back-cutting in back-, comb. form View full entry 1842
...in Civil Engin. (see quots.)....
7. back-fill in back-, comb. form View full entry 1930
...(1651 in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue)...
9. back-filling in back-, comb. form View full entry 1901
...the filling in again of earth which has been removed, the earth so filled in....
10. backhoe in back-, comb. form View full entry 1928
...an excavating vehicle in which the scoop is rigidly attached to the lower end of a short hinged arm at the end of a boom and is pulled towards the vehicle in...
11. bag, n. View full entry 1840
...bag and spoon: used attrib. to designate a type of dredging apparatus (see quot. 1940)....
12. ballast, v. View full entry 1836
...To fill in or form (the bed of a railway) with ballast (ballast4c). Also in extended use. Also intr....
13. bank, v.1 View full entry a1642
...trans. To confine within a bank. Also fig....
14. banking, n. View full entry 1610
...The construction of banks or embankments....
15. banking, n. View full entry 1776
...Embankment....
16. banking, n. View full entry 1904
...On a road or track: see quot. 1904....
17. battery, n. View full entry 1799
...An embankment....
18. † beˈdelve, v. View full entry c1000
...trans. To dig round or about....
19. bench, v. View full entry 1587
...To bank up, bank back. Obs.rare....
20. binder, n. View full entry 1901
...In road-making (see quot. 1911)....
