hitchhiker
burr
clothespress
sac
fur
dustcloth
agrafe
lead
searcher
slide
band
bonnetier
fillis
cloak
tassel
apron
wince
wrap up
tuzz
hoedad
beggar's ticks
reap hook
reaping hook
kex
accouterment
cover
biballs
sickle
housing
halterbreak
armor
trailing
fleece
armour
Warren hoe
shoe
cowl
fork
clothesline
daggle-tailed
harnessing
elastic
smock
sheath
beswaddle
case
clothespin
wear
mop
rooflet
Cape Cod weeder
swab
simple
befur
piping
full
begabled
investiture
cloth
swob
byssiferous
stiffening
roof
shovel
loinskin
undercloth
paternoster
beavered
sheathlike
saddle
jizzrag
cloistered
dustrag
shell
sandshoe
wringer
litter
collar
scythe
buboed
J-cloth
clypeate
shoulder-strap
waistcloth
scutate
slide rest
hole
underfurrow
shroud
armed
bugle
billhook
duster
loincloth
breechcloth
breechclout
hatpinned
daggle-tailed
elastic
begabled
byssiferous
beavered
sheathlike
cloistered
buboed
clypeate
scutate
armed
hatpinned
hitchhiker
burr
clothespress
sac
fur
dustcloth
agrafe
lead
searcher
slide
band
bonnetier
fillis
cloak
tassel
apron
wince
tuzz
hoedad
beggar's ticks
reap hook
reaping hook
kex
accouterment
biballs
sickle
housing
armor
trailing
fleece
armour
Warren hoe
fork
clothesline
harnessing
smock
sheath
case
clothespin
mop
rooflet
Cape Cod weeder
swab
simple
piping
investiture
cloth
swob
stiffening
shovel
loinskin
undercloth
paternoster
saddle
jizzrag
dustrag
shell
sandshoe
wringer
litter
collar
scythe
J-cloth
shoulder-strap
waistcloth
slide rest
hole
shroud
bugle
billhook
duster
loincloth
breechcloth
breechclout
wrap up
cover
halterbreak
shoe
cowl
beswaddle
wear
befur
full
roof
underfurrow
noun
- A bur that attaches and clings to clothing, or a bur-bearing plant.
- A dance move in which the dancer mimics the motions of someone thumbing a ride.
- A person or thing that hitchhikes.
- An item attached to a travel bug and hidden in a geocache to be found and transported to other caches or around the world.
- An advertisement at the end of a programme.
noun
- A bur; a seed pod with sharp features that stick in fur or clothing.
- A uvular "r" sound, or (by extension) an accent characterized by this sound.
- And when his body was against the burr of the spear, he took his sword in both his hands and he swung the sword above his head, and he smote King Arthur with the edge of the sword upon the helmet.
- A thin flat piece of metal, formed from a sheet by punching; a small washer put on the end of a rivet before it is swaged down.
- Many saddles, especially those for use on warhorses, had high burr plates and cantles. this was especially important when knights began using stirrups and the couched lance.
- A rough humming sound.
- 1819, Abraham Rees, The Cyclopaedia
- A metal ring at the top of the hand-rest on a spear.
- 2015, James B. Tschen-Emmons, Artifacts from Medieval Europe, page 280
- A burr knot or burl.
- A sharp, pointy object, such as a sliver or splinter.
- 1724, John Guillim, A Display of Heraldry
- A revolving disk or cone with abrasive surfaces used to grind hard products in a grinder or mill.
- We are made to witness a cathartic shuffling-off of mortalities and of hatreds: Mordred's pulling himself up to the 'burr' of Arthur's spear is Malory's own detail and one of the most memorable in the book.
- A broad iron ring on a tilting lance just below the grip, to prevent the hand from slipping.
- The ear lobe.
- A small piece of material left on an edge after a cutting operation.
- The knot at the bottom of an antler.
- The front of it was defended by an iron-plate, called a vam-plat, that is, an avant-plate, and behind it was a broad iron ring, called a burr.
- burr or ring of iron behind the hand
- 2003, Thomas Howard Crofts, Fifteenth-century Malory, page 290
- 2012, Howard Pyle, The Story of the Grail and the Passing of Arthur
verb
noun
- A pelt used to make, trim or line clothing apparel.
- The hairy coat of various mammal species, especially when fine, soft and thick.
- The layer of epithelial debris on a tongue.
- Rabbits and hares, as opposed to partridges and pheasants (called feathers).
- The hairy skin of an animal processed into clothing for humans.
- Pubic hair.
- A thick pile of fabric.
- The soft, downy covering on the skin of a peach.
- Sexual attractiveness.
- The deposit formed on the interior of boilers and other vessels by hard water.
- A furry; a member of the furry subculture.
- One of several patterns or diapers used as tinctures.
verb
noun
- A rope, leather strap, or similar device with which to lead an animal; a leash
- The excess above a right angle in the angle between two consecutive cranks, as of a compound engine, on the same shaft.
- A plummet or mass of lead attached to a line, used in sounding depth at sea or (dated) to estimate velocity in knots.
- The advance of the current phase in an alternating circuit beyond that of the electromotive force producing it.
- Information obtained by a detective or police officer that allows him or her to discover further details about a crime or incident.
- Sheets or plates of lead used as a covering for roofs.
- The situation where a runner steps away from a base while waiting for the pitch to be thrown.
- In a steam engine, the width of port opening which is uncovered by the valve, for the admission or release of steam, at the instant when the piston is at end of its stroke.
- An important news story that appears on the front page of a newspaper or at the beginning of a news broadcast
- The announcement by one voice part of a theme to be repeated by the other parts.
- The act of leading or conducting; guidance; direction, course
- The action of a tooth, such as a tooth of a wheel, in impelling another tooth or a pallet.
- bullets; ammunition.
- A thin strip of type metal, used to separate lines of type in printing.
- In a barbershop quartet, the person who sings the melody, usually the second tenor
- The actor who plays the main role; lead actor.
- A lode.
- Information obtained by a news reporter about an issue or subject that allows him or her to discover more details.
- Precedence; advance position; also, the measure of precedence; the state of being ahead in a race; the highest score in a game in an incomplete game.
- The main role in a play or film; the lead role.
- A heavy, pliable, inelastic metal element, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished; both malleable and ductile, though with little tenacity. It is easily fusible, forms alloys with other metals, and is an ingredient of solder and type metal. Atomic number 82, symbol Pb (from Latin plumbum).
- A mark or a short passage in one voice part, as of a canon, serving as a cue for the entrance of others.
- An insulated metallic wire for electrical devices and equipment.
- The act or right of playing first in a game or round; the card suit, or piece, so played
- The distance of haul, as from a cutting to an embankment.
- The angle between the line joining the brushes of a continuous-current dynamo and the diameter symmetrical between the poles.
- Vertical space in advance of a row or between rows of text. Also known as leading.
- The person in charge of a project or a work shift etc.
- The player who throws the first two rocks for a team.
- A thin cylinder of graphite used in pencils.
- The course of a rope from end to end.
- The axial distance a screw thread travels in one revolution. It is equal to the pitch times the number of starts.
- A roof covered with lead sheets or terne plates.
- A channel of open water in an ice field.
- Hypothesis that has not been pursued
- Potential opportunity for a sale or transaction, a potential customer.
- A teaser; a lead-in; the start of a newspaper column, telling who, what, when, where, why and how. (Sometimes spelled as lede for this usage to avoid ambiguity.)
adj
verb
- To guide or conduct, as by accompanying, going before, showing, influencing, directing with authority, etc.; to have precedence or preeminence; to be first or chief; — used in most of the senses of the transitive verb.
- To guide or conduct in a certain course, or to a certain place or end, by making the way known; to show the way, especially by going with or going in advance of, to lead a pupil; to guide somebody somewhere or to bring somebody somewhere by means of instructions.
- To direct; to counsel; to instruct
- To conduct or direct with authority; to have direction or charge of; to command, especially a military or business unit.
- To guide or conduct oneself in, through, or along (a certain course); hence, to proceed in the way of; to follow the path or course of; to pass; to spend. Also, to cause (one) to proceed or follow in (a certain course).
- To go or to be in advance of; to precede; hence, to be foremost or chief among.
- To step off base and move towards the next base.
- To draw or direct by influence, whether good or bad; to prevail on; to induce; to entice; to allure
- To be ahead of others, e.g., in a race.
- Lead climb.
- To produce (with to).
- To guide or conduct with the hand, or by means of some physical contact connection.
- To place leads between the lines of.
- To aim in front of a moving target, in order that the shot may hit the target as it passes.
- To cover, fill, or affect with lead.
- To have the highest interim score in a game.
- To tend or reach in a certain direction, or to a certain place.
- To lead off or out, to go first; to begin.
- To live or experience (a particular way of life).
- To be more advanced in technology or business than others.
- To begin a game, round, or trick, with
noun
- A sieve or strainer.
- An officer in London appointed to examine the bodies of the dead, and report the cause of death.
- An officer who apprehended idlers on the street during church hours in Scotland.
- A customs officer responsible for searching ships, merchandise, luggage, etc.
- An inspector of leather.
- One who searches.
- An instrument for examining the bore of a cannon, to detect cavities.
- An implement for sampling butter.
- An instrument for feeling after calculi in the bladder, etc.
noun
- A clasp or brooch for a belt, etc.
- A mechanism consisting of a part which slides on or against a guide.
- A shoe that is backless and open-toed.
- A pocket in one's pants (trousers).
- The falling of large amounts of rubble, earth and stones down the slope of a hill or mountain; avalanche.
- A hand-held device made of smooth, hard material, used in the practice of slide guitar.
- A small dislocation in beds of rock along a line of fissure.
- A voluntary stutter used as a technique to control stuttering in one's speech.
- A sound which, by a gradual change in the position of the vocal organs, passes imperceptibly into another sound.
- The act of sliding; smooth, even passage or progress.
- An item of play equipment that children can climb up and then slide down again.
- A flat, usually rectangular piece of glass or similar material on which a prepared sample may be viewed through a microscope Generally referred to as a microscope slide.
- A lever that can be moved in two directions.
- A valve that works by sliding, such as in a trombone.
- A page of a computer presentation package such as PowerPoint.
- A grace consisting of two or more small notes moving by conjoint degrees, and leading to a principal note either above or below.
- A transparent plate bearing an image to be projected to a screen.
- The act of dropping down and skidding into a base
- A lively dance from County Kerry, in 12/8 time.
- A promiscuous woman, slut.
- An inclined plane on which heavy bodies slide by the force of gravity, especially one constructed on a mountainside for conveying logs by sliding them down.
- A surface of ice, snow, butter, etc. on which someone can slide for amusement or as a practical joke.
verb
- To (cause to) move in continuous contact with a surface.
- To lose one’s balance on a slippery surface.
- To move on a low-friction surface.
- To pass or put imperceptibly; to slip.
- To decrease in amount or value.
- To smoothly pass from one note to another by bending the pitch upwards or downwards.
- To ride down snowy hills upon a toboggan or similar object for recreation.
- To go; to move from one place or to another.
- To pass along smoothly or unobservedly; to move gently onward without friction or hindrance.
- To drop down and skid into a base.
- To subtly direct a facial expression at (someone).
- To kick so that the ball slides along the ground with little or no turning.
noun
- a thin flat strip of flexible material that is worn around the body or one of the limbs (especially to decorate the body)
- an unofficial association of people or groups
- instrumentalists not including string players
- a stripe or stripes of contrasting color
- an adornment consisting of a strip of a contrasting color or material
- a group of musicians playing popular music for dancing
- a range of frequencies between two limits
- a cord-like tissue connecting two larger parts of an anatomical structure
- jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set with jewels) worn on the finger
- a driving belt in machinery
- a thin flat strip or loop of flexible material that goes around or over something else, typically to hold it together or as a decoration
- a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration)
- a restraint put around something to hold it together
verb
noun
- A kind of bur used in dressing cloth; a teasel.
- A ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads from which at one end protrudes a cord on which the ball is hung, and which may have loose, dangling threads at the other end (often used as decoration along the bottom of garments, curtains or other hangings).
- A thin plate of gold on the back of a bishop's gloves.
- A narrow silk ribbon, or similar, sewed to a book to be put between the pages.
- The panicle on a male plant of maize, which consists of loose threads with anthers on them.
- The loose hairs at the end of a braid.
- A piece of board that is laid upon a wall as a sort of plate, to give a level surface to the ends of floor timbers.
verb
noun
- a garment of cloth or leather or plastic that is tied about the waist and worn to protect your clothing
- (golf) the part of the fairway leading onto the green
- the part of a modern theater stage between the curtain and the orchestra (i.e., in front of the curtain)
- a paved surface where aircraft stand while not being used
verb
- clothe, as if for protection from the elements
- provide with a covering or cause to be covered
- form a cover over
- span an interval of distance, space or time
- provide for
- act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression
- include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory
- travel across or pass over
- be responsible for reporting the details of, as in journalism
- hold within range of an aimed firearm
- to take an action to protect against future problems
- hide from view or knowledge
- protect or defend (a position in a game)
- maintain a check on; especially by patrolling
- protect by insurance
- make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities
- invest with a large or excessive amount of something
- help out by taking someone's place and temporarily assuming his responsibilities
- be sufficient to meet, defray, or offset the charge or cost of
- spread over a surface to conceal or protect
- cover as if with a shroud
- copulate with a female, used especially of horses
- put something on top of something else
- play a higher card than the one previously played
- be responsible for guarding an opponent in a game
- sit on (eggs)
noun
- a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something
- bedding that keeps a person warm in bed
- the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it
- the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book
- a natural object that covers or envelops
- covering for a hole (especially a hole in the top of a container)
- fire that makes it difficult for the enemy to fire on your own individuals or formations
- a fixed charge by a restaurant or nightclub over and above the charge for food and drink
- a recording of a song that was first recorded or made popular by somebody else
- a false identity and background (especially one created for an undercover agent)
noun
- A mechanical component's container or covering.
- Residences, collectively.
- A niche for a statue.
- A houseline.
- That portion of a mast or bowsprit which is beneath the deck or within the vessel.
- A cover or cloth for a horse's saddle, as an ornamental or military appendage; a saddlecloth; a horse cloth; in plural, trappings.
- The activity of enclosing something or providing a residence for someone.
- An appendage to the harness or collar of a harness.
- The space taken out of one solid to admit the insertion of part of another, such as the end of one timber in the side of another.
noun
- Any soft woolly covering resembling a fleece.
- A textile similar to velvet, but with a longer pile that gives it a softness and a higher sheen.
- The fine web of cotton or wool removed by the doffing knife from the cylinder of a carding machine.
- Mat or felts composed of fibers, sometimes used as a membrane backer.
- An insulating wooly jacket
- Hair or wool of a sheep or similar animal
- Insulating skin with the wool attached
verb
verb
- To equip an object with a protection against wear.
- To put shoes on one's feet.
- To put horseshoes on a horse.
noun
- The outer cover or tread of a pneumatic tire, especially for an automobile.
- A band of iron or steel, or a ship of wood, fastened to the bottom of the runner of a sleigh, or any vehicle which slides on the snow.
- A pneumatic tire, especially for an automobile.
- A piece of metal designed to be attached to a horse's foot as a means of protection; a horseshoe.
- A protective covering for the foot, with a bottom part composed of thick leather or plastic sole and often a thicker heel, and a softer upper part made of leather or synthetic material. Shoes generally do not extend above the ankle, as opposed to boots, which do.
- Part of a current collector on electric trains which provides contact either with a live rail or an overhead wire (fitted to a pantograph in the latter case).
- A trough-shaped or spout-shaped member, put at the bottom of the water leader coming from the eaves gutter, so as to throw the water off from the building.
- A drag, or sliding piece of wood or iron, placed under the wheel of a loaded vehicle, to retard its motion in going down a hill.
- The part of a railroad car brake which presses upon the wheel to retard its motion.
- An iron socket or plate to take the thrust of a strut or rafter.
- A device for holding multiple decks of playing cards, allowing more games to be played by reducing the time between shuffles.
- A plate, or notched piece, interposed between a moving part and the stationary part on which it bears, to take the wear and afford means of adjustment; called also slipper and gib.
- An inclined trough in an ore-crushing mill.
- An ingot of gold or silver shaped somewhat like a traditional Chinese shoe, formerly used in trade in the Far East.
- A trough or spout for conveying grain from the hopper to the eye of the millstone.
- Something resembling a shoe in form, position, or function, such as a brake shoe.
- An iron socket to protect the point of a wooden pile.
verb
- To wrap or form (something made of fabric) like a cowl.
- To cover with, or as if with, a cowl (hood).
- To scrape together
- To make a monk of (a person).
noun
- A usually hood-shaped covering used to increase the draft of a chimney and prevent backflow.
- A caul (the amnion which encloses the foetus before birth, especially that part of it which sometimes shrouds a baby’s head at birth).
- A mask that covers the majority of the head.
- A monk.
- A vertical projection of a ship's funnel that directs the smoke away from the bridge.
- A thin protective covering over all or part of an engine; also cowling.
- A monk's hood that can be pulled forward to cover the face; a robe with such a hood attached to it.
- A ship's ventilator with a bell-shaped top which can be swivelled to catch the wind and force it below.
noun
- an agricultural tool used for lifting or digging; has a handle and metal prongs
- cutlery used for serving and eating food
- the act of branching out or dividing into branches
- the region of the angle formed by the junction of two branches
- the angle formed by the inner sides of the legs where they join the human trunk
verb
adj
- Of clothing, elasticated.
- Capable of stretching; particularly, capable of stretching so as to return to an original shape or size when force is released.
- Made of elastic.
- springy; bouncy; vivacious
- Pervasive, all-encompassing.
- Sensitive to changes in price.
- Able to return quickly to a former state or condition, after being depressed or overtaxed; having power to recover easily from shocks and trials.
noun
noun
- an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part
- an occurrence of something
- a special set of circumstances
- a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy
- the actual state of things
- a portable container for carrying several objects
- a person requiring professional services
- a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation
- a problem requiring investigation
- a statement of facts and reasons used to support an argument
- the quantity contained in a case
- nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence
- a specific state of mind that is temporary
- a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)
- a specific size and style of type within a type family
- the housing or outer covering of something
- the enclosing frame around a door or window opening
- (printing) the receptacle in which a compositor has his type, which is divided into compartments for the different letters, spaces, or numbers
- bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow
- a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home
verb
verb
- To carry or have equipped on or about one's body, as an item of clothing, equipment, decoration, etc.
- To eat away at, erode, diminish, or consume gradually; to cause a gradual deterioration in; to produce (some change) through attrition, exposure, or constant use.
- (in the phrase "wearing on (someone)") To cause annoyance, irritation, fatigue, or weariness near the point of an exhaustion of patience.
- To pass slowly, gradually or tediously.
- To have or carry on one's person habitually, consistently; or, to maintain in a particular fashion or manner.
- To ward off; prevent from approaching or entering; drive off; repel.
- To bring (a sailing vessel) onto the other tack by bringing the wind around the stern (as opposed to tacking when the wind is brought around the bow); to come round on another tack by turning away from the wind. Also written "ware". Past: weared, or wore/worn.
- To defend; protect.
- To bear or display in one's aspect or appearance.
- To overcome one's reluctance and endure a (previously specified) situation.
- To undergo gradual deterioration; become impaired; be reduced or consumed gradually due to any continued process, activity, or use.
- To exhaust, fatigue, expend, or weary.
- To last or remain durable under hard use or over time; to retain usefulness, value, or desirable qualities under any continued strain or long period of time; sometimes said of a person, regarding the quality of being easy or difficult to tolerate.
- To guard; watch; keep watch, especially from entry or invasion.
- To conduct or guide with care or caution, as into a fold or place of safety.
noun
noun
- Part of the apparatus for raising the heddles of a drawloom.
- A herbal preparation made from one plant, as opposed to something made from more than one plant.
- A feast which is not a double or a semidouble.
- A drawloom.
- A simple or atomic proposition.
adj
- Consisting of a single individual or zooid; not compound.
- Consisting of one single substance; uncompounded.
- Undistinguished in social condition; of no special rank.
- Without ornamentation; plain.
- Free from duplicity; guileless, innocent, straightforward.
- Of a group: having no normal subgroup.
- Homogenous.
- Feeble-minded; foolish.
- Using steam only once in its cylinders, in contrast to a compound engine, where steam is used more than once in high-pressure and low-pressure cylinders.
- Not compound, but possibly lobed.
- Uncomplicated; taken by itself, with nothing added.
noun
- An ornamentation on the edges of a garment; a small cord covered with cloth.
- An act of making music or noise with pipes.
- A system of pipes that compose a structure; pipework.
- The process of an animal just beginning to break out of its egg; precedes hatching.
- The sound of musical pipes.
- Icing extruded from a piping bag.
- propagation by cuttings
- A piece cut off to be set or planted; a cutting.
adj
verb
- To make cloth denser and firmer by soaking, beating and pressing; to waulk or walk.
- To become full or wholly illuminated.
- To baptise.
noun
- The phase of the moon when its entire face is illuminated, full moon.
- An aerialist maneuver consisting of a backflip in conjunction and simultaneous with a complete twist.
- Utmost measure or extent; highest state or degree; the state, position, or moment of fullness; fill.
adj
- Complete; with nothing omitted.
- Completely empowered, authorized or qualified (in some role); not limited.
- Plump, round.
- Having its entire face illuminated.
- Having depth and body; rich.
- Containing the maximum possible amount that can fit in the space available.
- Said of the three cards of the same rank in a full house.
- Replete, abounding with.
- Having eaten to satisfaction, having a "full" stomach; replete.
- Of a size that is ample, wide, or having ample folds or pleats to be comfortable.
- Drunk, intoxicated.
- Having the attention, thoughts, etc., absorbed in any matter, and the feelings more or less excited by it.
- Filled with emotions.
- Total, entire.
noun
- A piece of cloth used for a particular purpose.
- A form of attire that represents a particular profession or status.
- Substance or essence; the whole of something complex.
- A fabric, usually made of woven, knitted, or felted fibres or filaments, such as used in dressing, decorating, cleaning or other practical use.
- Priesthood, clergy.
- Specifically, a tablecloth, especially as spread before a meal or removed afterwards.
- Appearance; seeming.
noun
- A fabric lining, especially one that adheres to the cloth that shows.
- The lower of two cloths that together perform some function.
- A cloth that is used as a base surface for some type of work, including cases where it is incorporated into the work.
- A cloth that is placed beneath a saddle.
- Any of various undergarments made from a rectangular piece of cloth.
- A type of fabric intended to be used as an undercloth.
- A cloth on which a body rests as bedding.
- A tablecloth laid directly on the table, over which are placed other coverings such as an additional tablecloth that allows the undercloth to show through, or an additional tablecloth that completely covers the undercloth when it is used for stability or noise muffling, or simple mats that provide additional protection.
- A protective cloth that goes underneath something.
- A cloth used to bind the breasts.
- A cloth worn beneath a robe or other garment and that peeks out.
- A cloth used to cover the genitals.
noun
- A bead-like ornament in mouldings.
- A slow, continuously moving lift or elevator consisting of a loop of open-fronted cabins running the height of a building.
- The Lord's prayer, especially in a Roman Catholic context.
- A tackle rig with a heavy sinker at the end of the line, and one or more hooks on traces at right angles spaced above the sinker.
verb
noun
- A similar implement used to secure goods to animals; a packsaddle.
- The part of a denture which holds the artificial teeth.
- A low point, in the shape of a saddle, between two hills.
- Synonym of saddle reef (“a saddle-shaped bedded mineral (usually gold-bearing quartz) vein occurring along the crest of an anticline or (less common) a syncline (an inverted saddle)”)
- Synonym of saddle point (“a point in the range of a smooth function, every neighbourhood of which contains points on each side of its tangent plane”)
- A cut of meat that includes both loins and part of the backbone.
- The clitellum of an earthworm (family Lumbricidae).
- In full saddle marking or saddle patch: a saddle-like marking on an animal, such as one on the back of an adult harp seal or saddleback seal (Pagophilus groenlandicus), or any of numerous such markings on a boa constrictor (Boa constrictor).
- A block of wood with concave depressions at the top and bottom, usually fastened to one spar and shaped to receive the end of another.
- An equipment part, such as a flange, which is hollowed out to fit upon a convex surface and serve as a means of attachment or support.
- The part of a guitar which supports the strings and, in an acoustic guitar, transfers their vibrations through the bridge to the soundboard.
- Synonym of harness saddle (“the part of a harness which supports the weight of poles or shafts attaching a vehicle to a horse or other animal”)
- A cushion used as a seat in a cart or other vehicle.
- The immovable seat of a bicycle, motorcycle, or similar vehicle.
- Chiefly preceded by the: horse-riding as an activity or occupation.
- Synonym of saddle brown (“a medium brown colour, like that of saddle leather”)
- A seat for a rider, typically made of leather and raised in the front and rear, placed on the back of a horse or other animal, and secured by a strap around the animal's body.
- The lower part of the back of a domestic fowl, especially a male bird, bearing the saddle feathers or saddle hackles.
- The raised floorboard in a doorway.
- Synonym of saddle oxford or saddle shoe (“a shoe, resembling an oxford, which has a saddle (sense 11.1)”)
- A small sloped or tapered structure that helps channel surface water to drains.
- A piece of leather stitched across the instep of a shoe, usually having a different colour from the rest of the shoe.
- An anticline (“fold with strata sloping downwards on each side”); specifically, a depression located along the axial trend of such a fold.
- A small object (traditionally made of ebony) at the bottom of a string instrument such as a cello, viola, or violin below the tailpiece on which the tailgut (“cord securing the tailpiece to the instrument”) rests.
verb
- To enter (a trained horse) into a race.
- Chiefly followed by with: to burden or encumber (someone) with some problem or responsibility.
- Chiefly followed by on or upon: to place (a burden or responsibility) or thrust (a problem) on someone.
- To cut a saddle-shaped notch in (a log or other piece of wood) so it can fit together with other such logs or pieces; also, to fit (logs or other pieces of wood) together with this method.
- To put (something) on to another thing like a saddle on an animal.
- To put a saddle on an animal.
- To put a saddle (noun sense 1) on (an animal).
- Of a person: to get into a saddle.
noun
- a rigid covering that envelops an object
- ammunition consisting of a cylindrical metal casing containing an explosive charge and a projectile; fired from a large gun
- the material that forms the hard outer covering of many animals
- hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles
- the hard usually fibrous outer layer of some fruits especially nuts
- the exterior covering of a bird's egg
- a very light narrow racing boat
- the housing or outer covering of something
- a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)
- the hard largely calcareous covering of a mollusc or a brachiopod
verb
noun
- Material used as bedding for animals.
- Absorbent material used in an animal's litter tray
- A platform mounted on two shafts, or a more elaborate construction, designed to be carried by two (or more) people to transport one (in luxury models sometimes more) third person(s) or (occasionally in the elaborate version) a cargo, such as a religious idol.
- Collectively, items discarded on the ground.
- A covering of straw for plants.
- The offspring of a mammal born in one birth.
- Layer of fallen leaves and similar organic matter in a forest floor.
verb
- To drop or throw trash without properly disposing of it (as discarding in public areas rather than trash receptacles).
- To give birth to, used of animals.
- To strew (a place) with scattered articles.
- To supply (cattle etc.) with litter; to cover with litter, as the floor of a stall.
- To scatter carelessly about.
- To be supplied with litter as bedding; to sleep or make one's bed in litter.
- To produce a litter of young.
noun
- a band of leather or rope that is placed around an animal's neck as a harness or to identify it
- a band that fits around the neck and is usually folded over
- (zoology) an encircling band or marking around the neck of any animal
- anything worn or placed about the neck
- a short ring fastened over a rod or shaft to limit, guide, or secure a machine part
- the stitching that forms the rim of a shoe or boot
- necklace that fits tightly around a woman's neck
- a figurative restraint
- the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
verb
noun
- An opening that goes all the way through a solid body, a fabric, etc.; a perforation; a rent.
- An undesirable place to live or visit.
- A passing loop; a siding provided for trains traveling in opposite directions on a single-track line to pass each other.
- An excavation pit or trench.
- A card (also called a hole card) dealt face down thus unknown to all but its holder; the status in which such a card is.
- A container or receptacle.
- Difficulty, in particular, debt.
- In semiconductors, a lack of an electron in an occupied band behaving like a positively charged particle.
- The rear portion of the defensive team between the shortstop and the third baseman.
- Sex, or a sex partner.
- A security vulnerability in software which can be taken advantage of by an exploit.
- Solitary confinement, a high-security prison cell often used as punishment.
- The part of a game in which a player attempts to hit the ball into one of the holes.
- A hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit; a dent; a depression; a fissure.
- A weakness; a flaw or ambiguity.
- A chordless cycle in a graph.
- A square on the board, with some positional significance, that a player does not, and cannot in future, control with a friendly pawn.
- A subsurface standard-size hole, also called cup, hitting the ball into which is the object of play. Each hole, of which there are usually eighteen as the standard on a full course, is located on a prepared surface, called the green, of a particular type grass.
- In the game of fives, part of the floor of the court between the step and the pepperbox.
- An orifice, in particular the anus. When used with shut it always refers to the mouth.
verb
noun
- That which clothes, covers, conceals, or protects; a garment.
- One of the two annular plates at the periphery of a water wheel, which form the sides of the buckets; a shroud plate.
- The branching top of a tree; foliage.
- One of a set of ropes or cables (rigging) attaching a mast to the sides of a vessel or to another anchor point, serving to support the mast sideways; such rigging collectively.
- A covered place used as a retreat or shelter, as a cave or den; also, a vault or crypt.
- That which covers or shelters like a shroud.
- A streamlined protective covering used to protect the payload during a rocket-powered launch.
- Especially, the dress for the dead; a winding sheet.
verb
noun
- A tubular glass or plastic bead sewn onto clothes as a decorative trim
- A simple brass instrument consisting of a horn with no valves, playing only pitches in its harmonic series
- A sort of wild ox; a buffalo.
- A plant in the family Lamiaceae grown as a ground cover Ajuga reptans, and other plants in the genus Ajuga.
- A horn used by hunters.
- Anything shaped like a bugle, round or conical and having a bell on one end.
- The sound of something that bugles.
verb
noun
- Written as bill-hook: a part of the knotting mechanism in a reaper-binder or baler (agricultural machinery).
- Written as bill hook: a sharply pointed spike growing from the tip of the upper mandible of the hatchlings of honeyguides, used to destroy the eggs and kill the chicks of the host species.
- An agricultural implement often with a curved or hooked end to the blade used for pruning or cutting thick, woody plants.
- Written as bill hook: a spiked hook used in offices and shops for hanging bills or other small papers such as receipts.
- A medieval polearm, fitted to a long handle, sometimes with an L-shaped tine or a spike protruding from the side or the end of the blade for tackling the opponent; a bill
verb
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