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"Parachute" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... are so bold and reckless in leaping through the trees is that, if they miss their hold and fall, they sustain no injury. Every species of tree-squirrel seems to be capable of a sort of rudimentary flying,—at least of making itself into a parachute, so as to ease or break a fall or a leap from a great height. The so-called flying squirrel does this the most perfectly. It opens its furry vestments, leaps into the air, and sails down the steep incline from ...
— Squirrels and Other Fur-Bearers • John Burroughs |
Words linked to "Parachute" : ripcord, parachutist, canopy, plunk, harness, drogue, parasail, glide, drogue chute, fall, dive, skydive, plunge, descend, go down, static line, sky dive, shroud, parachuting, come down, rescue equipment |
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