versant

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A gadget lover, Alexander is known to roll up his sleeves to become versant with the latest security technologies.

From Reuters • May 26, 2013

The Kayan or Bulungan river is the only other in the eastern versant that calls for mention.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" by Various

Horace says: "—— Carminibus qu� versant atque venenis Humanos animos."

From Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 111, December 13, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

These figures are, of course, only approximately correct; and it often happens that, at the same elevation, the heat is greater on the Pacific than on the Atlantic versant.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" by Various

Those versant in the matter can alone venture to undertake it with common hives, whereas, every cultivator can do it himself with the leaf hives.

From New observations on the natural history of bees by Huber, François