Basically a semaphore is a counter (integer) that allows a thread to get into. From Wordnik.com. [Javalobby - The heart of the Java developer community] Reference
The semaphore is a machine with two arms which may be moved into various positions to make letters. From Wordnik.com. [Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts] Reference
The telegraph station at the semaphore was a little, square, stone hut, roofed with slate, perched high on the cliffs. From Wordnik.com. [The Maids of Paradise] Reference
The semaphore is a quicker means of communication than the wig wag; but the wig wag can be used in a prone position under shelter. From Wordnik.com. [Military Instructors Manual] Reference
Her purring flashed on and off like the lights on top of radio towers, a kind of semaphore rumble. From Wordnik.com. [GINNY BATES, THE BEGINNING] Reference
It begins with a kind of semaphore exchange between myself and my wife involving much pointing and lip-reading. From Wordnik.com. [Irish Blogs] Reference
Elementary knowledge of semaphore or Morse alphabet. From Wordnik.com. [Outdoor Sports and Games] Reference
"Alex will work with Ritter on semaphore signaling.". From Wordnik.com. [Don Strong, Patrol Leader] Reference
"Monsieur must ask the semaphore; my lips are sealed.". From Wordnik.com. [A Village of Vagabonds] Reference
They passed a block-tower with its lights and semaphore. From Wordnik.com. [A Little Miss Nobody Or, With the Girls of Pinewood Hall] Reference
Some action should be taken about that semaphore station. From Wordnik.com. [Hornblower And The Hotspur]
Without slackening pace Alex headed for the old semaphore. From Wordnik.com. [The Young Railroaders Tales of Adventure and Ingenuity] Reference
For use with General Service Code or semaphore hand flags. From Wordnik.com. [Military Instructors Manual] Reference
It was sufficient to know that the semaphore had been busy. From Wordnik.com. [Hornblower And The Hotspur]
Learn the semaphore by what may be called the "cycle" method. From Wordnik.com. [Military Instructors Manual] Reference
Each company had been teaching all the men the semaphore code. From Wordnik.com. ["The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders] Reference
Overhead must be the apparatus for working the semaphore arms. From Wordnik.com. [Hornblower And The Hotspur]
Against the thick bulk of the semaphore mast a ladder led up to a trap door. From Wordnik.com. [Hornblower And The Hotspur]
On decks, semaphore men negotiate this valet of the elephants on the high sea. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 13, 2001] Reference
To show how the points lie, the rod R also operates a semaphore with a double arm. From Wordnik.com. [Things To Make] Reference
Max was already in the front seat, his semaphore flags, maps and binoculars on his lap. From Wordnik.com. [Mercenary] Reference
The long gaunt arms of the semaphore were jerkingly swinging out and up and back again. From Wordnik.com. [Hornblower And The Hotspur]
She saw that he was looking out to sea, waving his arms in a slow semaphore above his head. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Corelli's Mandolin]
It is easy to say "just learn the semaphore," but to learn it quickly and well is another matter. From Wordnik.com. [Military Instructors Manual] Reference
Don dodged the question and demanded that Bobbie show him how he was progressing with his semaphore. From Wordnik.com. [Don Strong, Patrol Leader] Reference
Here was also a signal-station, communicating by a semaphore with a telegraph station on the opposite. From Wordnik.com. [The Philippine Islands] Reference
The semaphore signal dropped and the electric locomotive started as quietly as a baby going to sleep!. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift and His Electric Locomotive, or, Two Miles a Minute on the Rails] Reference
About seventy-five per cent. of the men of the regiment could read the semaphore alphabet very readily. From Wordnik.com. ["The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders] Reference
In both the semaphore and the wig wag men should be taught the conventional signals used in field work. From Wordnik.com. [Military Instructors Manual] Reference
The battery in general was also put through a strenuous course in the use of the semaphore and the wigwag. From Wordnik.com. [The Delta of the Triple Elevens The History of Battery D, 311th Field Artillery US Army, American Expeditionary Forces] Reference
I wave and she hunches her shoulders up and down to semaphore, not wishing to take her hands out of her pockets. From Wordnik.com. [It’s like this, cat] Reference
At 9.15, as the ship's company were lining up for the start by the semaphore, he made the signal from the ship. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, June 25, 1919] Reference
Again for a moment Alex quailed, then again went bravely on, while the old semaphore rocked and swayed as the enraged. From Wordnik.com. [The Young Railroaders Tales of Adventure and Ingenuity] Reference
The edifice is surmounted by a spherical cupola that serves as a base to a semaphore provided with masts and rigging. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 598, June 18, 1887] Reference
"Signalling father at the station, with the telegraph code," said Alex as he replaced the lantern on the semaphore arm. From Wordnik.com. [The Young Railroaders Tales of Adventure and Ingenuity] Reference
This plan of teaching the semaphore will be found very helpful, for it helps to reason out the alphabet for the student. From Wordnik.com. [Military Instructors Manual] Reference
A moment he paused to listen, then set off on the run for the old yard semaphore, dimly discernible a hundred yards distant. From Wordnik.com. [The Young Railroaders Tales of Adventure and Ingenuity] Reference
Instruction in army signalling by wigwag and semaphore was started whenever a squad or two could be spared from the routine of detail. From Wordnik.com. [The Delta of the Triple Elevens The History of Battery D, 311th Field Artillery US Army, American Expeditionary Forces] Reference
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