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The Mexican Border’s Lost World

By MARC LACEY

The “spice of danger” once added to the allure of border towns, but now drug violence has threatened a culture. Tijuana, above, was a rocking town in 1926.

Merkel Plays to Germans and Jousts With Europe

By ALISON SMALE 7:53 PM ET

Chancellor Angela Merkel will seek a third four-year term in national elections on Sept. 22. Until then, she wants to avoid rocking the boat with voters.

rock
v., rocked, rock·ing, rocks. v.intr.

1. To move back and forth or from side to side, especially gently or rhythmically.
2. To sway violently, as from a blow or shock. See synonyms at swing.
3. To be washed and panned in a cradle or in a rocker. Used of ores.
4. Music. To play or dance to rock 'n' roll.

v.tr.

1. To move back and forth or from side to side, especially in order to soothe or lull to sleep.
2. To cause to shake or sway violently. See synonyms at agitate.
3. To disturb the mental or emotional equilibrium of; upset: News of the scandal rocked the town.
4. To wash or pan (ore) in a cradle or rocker.
5. In mezzotint engraving, to roughen (a metal plate) with a rocker or roulette.

n.

1. 1. A rocking motion.
   2. The act of rocking.
2. Music. Rock 'n' roll.

idiom:
rock the boat Slang.

1. To disturb the balance or routine of a situation: He has an easygoing managerial style and won't rock the boat unless absolutely necessary.

[Middle English rokken, from Old English roccian.]

rockingly rock'ing·ly adv.


美柔汀（mezzotint）是銅版畫表現技法之一，中文翻譯「美柔汀」版畫，屬於版畫技法的凹版畫，多數採用銅版為版材，主要工具有搖點刀、刮刀、磨刀等專業版畫器材。

Mezzotint is a printmaking process of the intaglio family, technically a drypoint method.^[1] It was the first tonal method to be used, enabling half-tones to be produced without using line- or dot-based techniques like hatching, cross-hatching or stipple. Mezzotint achieves tonality by roughening the plate with thousands of little dots made by a metal tool with small teeth, called a "rocker." In printing, the tiny pits in the plate hold the ink when the face of the plate is wiped clean. A high level of quality and richness in the print can be achieved.

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• 1 History
• 2 Dark to light method
• 3 Light to dark method
• 4 Printing
• 5 Detailed technique
• 6 Tone
• 7 Mezzotint engravers
• 8 Notes
• 9 References
• 10 External links

joust

Syllabification: (joust)

Pronunciation: /joust/

Translate joust | into Spanish

Definition of joust

verb

[no object]

• 1 (often as noun jousting) historical (of a medieval knight) engage in a sports contest in which two opponents on horseback fight with lances.

• 2compete closely for superiority:the guerrillas jousted for supremacy

noun

• a medieval sports contest in which two opponents on horseback fought with lances.

Derivatives

jouster

noun

Origin:

Middle English (originally in the sense 'join battle, engage'): from Old French jouster 'bring together', based on Latin juxta 'near'