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  1. (acronym) .  Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.
  2. (acronym) .  (British) Police and Criminal Evidence Act, 1984.
  3. (acronym) .  (US, labor union) Paper, Allied Industrial, Chemical and Energy Workers International Union.
  4. Noun.  A step taken with the foot.
  5. Noun.  An English Customary Unit of distance measuring approximately five feet.'''[http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/custom.html How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement]''': English Customary Weights and Measures, © Russ Rowlett and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (§: ''Distance'', ¶ № 6).
  6. Noun.  Speed or velocity.
  7. Noun.  (cricket) A measure of the hardness of a pitch and of the tendency of a cricket ball to maintain its speed after bouncing.
  8. Noun.  (military) For ground forces, the speed of a column or element regulated to maintain a prescribed average speed.'''Joint Publication 1–02 ''U.S. Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms; 12 April 2001 (As Amended Through 14 April 2006).'''''.
  9. Noun.  (context, horses) A 2-beat, lateral gait of a horse.
  10. Noun.  The collective noun for donkeys.
  11. Adjective.  (cricket) Describing a bowler who bowls fast balls.
  12. Verb.  Walk to and fro in a small space.
  13. Verb.  Set the speed in a race.
  14. Verb.  Measure by walking.
  15. Preposition.  With all due respect to.
  16. Noun.  Easter.

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