triblet
concentrator
collar
bush
choke tube
hammer
pug mill
wire-edged
slabbing mill
strickle
punty
ballpoint pen
reloader
polissoir
retort stand
cotter pin
rolling press
clamp stand
counterflashing
tubbing
rolling mill
friction yielding prop
nut
friction prop
mechanical yielding prop
ferrule
ring stand
swage
strap
roll
upset
loop
skiving
grummet
cringle
lally
saddle ring
spill
eyelet
trowel
tin plate
belt ammunition
tinplate
lally column
cross dowel
belted ammunition
drift
grommet
belt
plectrum
pick
plectron
rag
drill pipe
hollow point
pin
cannelure
1-2-3 block
spool
sheet metal
bobbin
hob
stamp mill
rack
expanded metal
pan former
limp
paper fastener
shingle
epinglette
foil
belted magnum
shank
German wheel
agraffe
chaplet
press brake
snake
windlass
shear
brake
bushing
tie rod
karabiner
hub
carabiner
cylindrical lining
scratchbrush
plumber's snake
snap ring
flask
auger
pot
punt
chock
snugger
wire-edged
triblet
concentrator
collar
bush
choke tube
hammer
pug mill
slabbing mill
strickle
punty
ballpoint pen
reloader
polissoir
retort stand
cotter pin
rolling press
clamp stand
counterflashing
tubbing
rolling mill
friction yielding prop
nut
friction prop
mechanical yielding prop
ferrule
ring stand
swage
strap
roll
upset
loop
skiving
grummet
cringle
lally
saddle ring
spill
eyelet
trowel
tin plate
belt ammunition
tinplate
lally column
cross dowel
belted ammunition
drift
grommet
belt
plectrum
pick
plectron
rag
drill pipe
hollow point
pin
cannelure
1-2-3 block
spool
sheet metal
bobbin
hob
stamp mill
rack
expanded metal
pan former
limp
paper fastener
shingle
epinglette
foil
belted magnum
shank
German wheel
agraffe
chaplet
press brake
snake
windlass
shear
brake
bushing
tie rod
karabiner
hub
carabiner
cylindrical lining
scratchbrush
plumber's snake
snap ring
flask
auger
pot
punt
chock
snugger
noun
- A frame or ring of wire or hard paper fitting into the cartridge case used in some shotguns, and holding the shot together when discharged, to secure close shooting; also, a device for slightly narrowing the bore at the muzzle for the same purpose.
- One who concentrates.
- A hub.
- An apparatus for the separation of dry comminuted ore, by exposing it to intermittent puffs of air.
noun
- a short ring fastened over a rod or shaft to limit, guide, or secure a machine part
- 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
- the stitching that forms the rim of a shoe or boot
- a band of leather or rope that is placed around an animal's neck as a harness or to identify it
- necklace that fits tightly around a woman's neck
- a figurative restraint
- the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
verb
noun
- A thick washer or hollow cylinder of metal.
- A mechanical attachment, usually a metallic socket with a screw thread, such as the mechanism by which a camera is attached to a tripod stand.
- The wild forested areas of Canada; upcountry.
- An area of New Zealand covered in forest, especially native forest.
- A woodlot or bluff on a farm.
- A shrub or branch, properly, a branch of ivy (sacred to Bacchus), hung out at vintners' doors, or as a tavern sign; hence, a tavern sign, and symbolically, the tavern itself.
- Tracts of land covered in natural vegetation that are largely undeveloped and uncultivated.
- A shrub cut off, or a shrublike branch of a tree.
- A person's pubic hair, especially a woman's.
- Amateurish behavior, short for "bush league behavior"
- A woody plant distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, being usually less than six metres tall; a horticultural rather than strictly botanical category.
- A piece of copper, screwed into a gun, through which the venthole is bored.
- The tail, or brush, of a fox.
- The countryside area of Australia that is less arid and less remote than the outback; loosely, areas of natural flora even within conurbations.
verb
- To branch thickly in the manner of a bush.
- To set bushes for; to support with bushes.
- To become bushy (often used with up).
- To use a bush harrow on (land), for covering seeds sown; to harrow with a bush.
- To furnish with a bush or lining; to line.
adj
adv
noun
- A device made of a heavy steel ball attached to a length of wire, and used for throwing.
- The malleus, a small bone of the middle ear.
- The accelerator pedal.
- A moving part of a firearm that strikes the firing pin to discharge a gun.
- The act of using a hammer to hit something.
- The last stone in an end.
- A frisbee throwing style in which the disc is held upside-down with a forehand grip and thrown above the head.
- Part of a clock that strikes upon a bell to indicate the hour.
- One who, or that which, smites or shatters.
- A tool with a heavy head and a handle used for pounding.
- In a piano or dulcimer, a piece of wood covered in felt that strikes the string.
verb
- To declare (a person) a defaulter on the stock exchange.
- To ride very fast.
- To make high demands on (a system or service).
- To emphasize a point repeatedly.
- To beat down the price of (a stock), or depress (a market).
- To have hard sex with.
- To strike repeatedly with a hammer, some other implement, the fist, etc.
- To form or forge with a hammer; to shape by beating.
- To defeat (a person, a team) resoundingly
- To hit particularly hard.
- To strike internally, as if hit by a hammer.
noun
- A lining of timber or metal around the shaft of a mine, especially a series of cast-iron cylinders bolted together, used to enable those who sink a shaft to penetrate quicksand, water, etc., with safety.
- The forming of a tub.
- A bath taken in a tub.
- Collectively, materials for tubs.
- The activity of rowing in crudely-made boats.
- A hazing ritual in which the victim's head is held underwater.
noun
- a small (usually square or hexagonal) metal block with internal screw thread to be fitted onto a bolt
- usually large hard-shelled seed
- half the width of an em
- a whimsically eccentric person
- someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction
- one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens
verb
noun
- A band or cap (usually metal) placed around a shaft to reinforce it or to prevent splitting.
- The plastic band attaching the tip to the cue.
- The pinched metal band which holds the bristles of a paintbrush to the shaft.
- The metal spike at the end of the shaft of an ice axe.
- A bushing for securing a pipe joint.
- A metal sleeve placed inside a gutter at the top.
verb
noun
- A piece of rope or metal passing around a block and used for fastening it to anything.
- Something made of such a strip, or of a part of one, or a combination of two or more for a particular use.
- A band, plate, or loop of metal for clasping and holding timbers or parts of a machine.
- A strip of thick leather used in flogging.
- A long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like.
- A championship belt, or by extension, the title.
- An investment strategy involving simultaneous trade with one put and two call options on the same security at the same strike price, similar to but more bullish than a straddle.
- The flat part of the corolla in ligulate florets, as those of the white circle in the daisy.
- Synonym of strapline
- A gun, normally a personal firearm such as a pistol or machine pistol.
- A piece of leather, or strip of wood covered with a suitable material, used to hone the sharpened edge of a razor; a strop.
- The leaf, exclusive of its sheath, in some grasses.
- A strap worn on the shoulder.
verb
noun
- One of a set of revolving cylinders, or rollers, between which metal is pressed, formed, or smoothed, as in a rolling mill.
- A heavy cylinder used to break clods.
- A winning streak of continuing luck, especially at gambling (and especially in the phrase on a roll).
- A heavy, reverberatory sound.
- A swagger or rolling gait.
- A quantity of cloth wound into a cylindrical form.
- A catalogue or list, (especially) one kept for official purposes.
- The act of, or total resulting from, rolling one or more dice.
- A document written on a piece of parchment, paper, or other materials which may be rolled up; a scroll.
- A training match for a fighting dog.
- A cylindrical twist of tobacco.
- A kind of shortened raised biscuit or bread, often rolled or doubled upon itself; see also bread roll.
- The rotation angle about the longitudinal axis.
- Any of various financial instruments or transactions that involve opposite positions at different expiries, "rolling" a position from one expiry to another.
- A forward or backward roll in gymnastics; going head over heels. A tumble.
- The uniform beating of a drum with strokes so rapid as scarcely to be distinguished by the ear.
- The measure or extent to which a vessel rotates from side to side, about its fore-and-aft axis.
- That which is rolled up.
- A measure of parchments, containing five dozen.
- An instance of the act of righting a canoe or kayak which has capsized, without exiting the watercraft, or being assisted.
- The skill of righting a canoe or kayak which has capsized, without exiting the watercraft, or being assisted.
- The act or result of rolling, or state of being rolled.
- The oscillating movement of a nautical vessel as it rotates from side to side, about its fore-and-aft axis, causing its sides to go up and down, as distinguished from the alternate rise and fall of bow and stern called pitching; or the equivalent in an aircraft.
- An official or public document; a register; a record.
- An instance of the act of rolling an aircraft through one or more complete rotations about its longitudinal axis.
verb
- To travel by sailing.
- To cause to betray secrets or to testify for the prosecution.
- To enrobe in toilet-paper (as a prank or spectacle).
- To perform a periodical revolution; to move onward as with a revolution.
- To cause to revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on an axis; to impel forward by causing to turn over and over on a supporting surface.
- To leave or begin a journey.
- To engage in sparring in the context of jujitsu or other grappling disciplines.
- To load ocean freight cargo onto a vessel other than the one it was meant to sail on.
- To move, like waves or billows, with alternate swell and depression.
- To rotate about the fore-and-aft axis, causing its sides to go up and down. Compare pitch.
- To make a loud or heavy rumbling noise.
- To slip past (a defender) with the ball.
- To wrap (something) round on itself; to form into a spherical or cylindrical body by causing to turn over and over.
- To tumble in gymnastics; to do a somersault.
- To be wound or formed into a cylinder or ball.
- To beat with rapid, continuous strokes, as a drum; to sound a roll upon.
- to move and cause an effect on someone
- To create a new character in a role-playing game, especially by using dice to determine properties.
- To throw dice.
- To generate a random number.
- To have a rolling aspect.
- To create a customized version of.
- To (cause to) film.
- To utter with an alveolar trill.
- To beat up; to assault.
- To be under the influence of MDMA (a psychedelic stimulant, also known as ecstasy).
- To bind or involve by winding, as in a bandage; to enwrap; often with up.
- To compete, especially with vigor.
- To behave in a certain way; to adopt a general disposition toward a situation.
- To turn over in one's mind; to revolve.
- To roll dice such that they form a given pattern or total.
- To turn over and over.
- To apply (one line or surface) to another without slipping; to bring all the parts of (one line or surface) into successive contact with another, in such a manner that at every instant the parts that have been in contact are equal.
- To drive or impel forward with an easy motion, as of rolling.
- To spread itself under a roller or rolling-pin.
- To utter copiously, especially with sounding words; to utter with a deep sound; — often with forth, or out.
- To press or level with a roller; to spread or form with a roll, roller, or rollers.
- To move, or cause to be moved, upon, or by means of, rollers or small wheels.
- To betray secrets.
noun
- a tool used to thicken or spread metal (the end of a bar or a rivet etc.) by forging or hammering or swaging
- an unhappy and worried mental state
- the act of disturbing the mind or body
- a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning
- the act of upsetting something
- an improbable and unexpected victory
adj
- afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief
- thrown into a state of disarray or confusion
- used of an unexpected defeat of a team favored to win
- mildly physically distressed
- having been turned so that the bottom is no longer the bottom
verb
noun
- fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines
- anything with a round or oval shape (formed by a curve that is closed and does not intersect itself)
- (computer science) a single execution of a set of instructions that are to be repeated
- an inner circle of advisors (especially under President Reagan)
- the basic pattern of the human fingerprint
- a computer program that performs a series of instructions repeatedly until some specified condition is satisfied
- the topology of a network whose components are serially connected in such a way that the last component is connected to the first component
- an intrauterine device in the shape of a loop
- a complete electrical circuit around which current flows or a signal circulates
- a flight maneuver; aircraft flies a complete circle in the vertical plane
verb
noun
- A metallic rod or pin.
- A fall or stumble.
- One of the thick laths or poles driven horizontally ahead of the main timbering in advancing a level in loose ground.
- A small stick or piece of paper used to light a candle, cigarette etc by the transfer of a flame from a fire.
- A peg or pin for plugging a hole, as in a cask; a spile.
- A declaration that the leadership of a parliamentary party is vacant, and open for re-election. Short form of leadership spill.
- A mess of something that has been dropped.
- The situation where sound is picked up by a microphone from a source other than that which is intended.
verb
- To mar; to damage; to destroy by misuse; to waste.
- To drop something that was intended to be caught.
- To open the leadership of a parliamentary party for re-election.
- To reveal information to an uninformed party.
- To cover or decorate with slender pieces of wood, metal, ivory, etc.; to inlay.
- To relieve a sail from the pressure of the wind, so that it can be more easily reefed or furled, or to lessen the strain.
- To come undone.
- To spread out or fall out, as above.
- To cause to flow out and be lost or wasted; to shed.
- To drop something so that it spreads out or makes a mess; to accidentally pour.
noun
- fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines
- a small hole (usually round and finished around the edges) in cloth or leather for the passage of a cord or hook or bar
- fabric decorated with small holes with finely stitched edges that form an ornamental pattern.
noun
- A slightly tapered tool of steel for enlarging or shaping a hole in metal, by being forced or driven into or through it; a broach.
- Driftwood included in flotsam washed up onto the beach.
- The horizontal thrust or pressure of an arch or vault upon the abutments.
- The act or motion of drifting; the force which impels or drives; an overpowering influence or impulse.
- A place (a ford) along a river where the water is shallow enough to permit crossing to the opposite side.
- The distance between the two blocks of a tackle.
- A sideways movement of the ball through the air, when bowled by a spin bowler.
- Slow, cumulative change.
- A passage driven or cut between shaft and shaft; a driftway; a small subterranean gallery; an adit or tunnel.
- In New Forest National Park, UK, the bi-annual round-up of wild ponies in order to be sold.
- A collection of loose earth and rocks, or boulders, which have been distributed over large portions of the earth's surface, especially in latitudes north of forty degrees, by the retreat of continental glaciers, such as that which buries former river valleys and creates young river valleys.
- The place in a deep-waisted vessel where the sheer is raised and the rail is cut off, and usually terminated with a scroll, or driftpiece.
- A mass of matter which has been driven or forced onward together in a body, or thrown together in a heap, etc., especially by wind or water.
- A tool used to insert or extract a removable pin made of metal or hardwood, for the purpose of aligning and/or securing two pieces of material together.
- The angle which the line of a ship's motion makes with the meridian, in drifting.
- The difference between the size of a bolt and the hole into which it is driven, or between the circumference of a hoop and that of the mast on which it is to be driven.
- That which is driven, forced, or urged along.
- The distance through which a current flows in a given time.
- Course or direction along which anything is driven; setting.
- A tool used to pack down the composition contained in a rocket, or like firework.
- A deviation from the line of fire, peculiar to obloid projectiles.
- Minor deviation of audio or video playback from its correct speed.
- The tendency of an act, argument, course of conduct, or the like; object aimed at or intended; intention; hence, also, import or meaning of a sentence or discourse; aim.
- The situation where a performer gradually and unintentionally moves from their proper location within the scene.
- The distance a vessel is carried off from her desired course by the wind, currents, or other causes.
- Anything driven at random.
- A drove or flock, as of cattle, sheep, birds.
verb
- To deviate gently from the intended direction of travel.
- To move slowly, especially pushed by currents of water, air, etc.
- To move haphazardly without any destination.
- To drive or carry, as currents do a floating body.
- To drive into heaps.
- To accumulate in heaps by the force of wind; to be driven into heaps.
- To make a drift; to examine a vein or ledge for the purpose of ascertaining the presence of metals or ores; to follow a vein; to prospect.
- To oversteer a vehicle, causing loss of traction, while maintaining control from entry to exit of a corner. See Drifting (motorsport).
- To enlarge or shape, as a hole, with a drift.
noun
- ammunition (usually of small caliber) loaded in flexible linked strips for use in a machine gun
- endless loop of flexible material between two rotating shafts or pulleys
- a band to tie or buckle around the body (usually at the waist)
- an elongated region where a specific condition or characteristic is found
- a vigorous blow
- a path or strip (as cut by one course of mowing)
- the act of hitting vigorously
verb
noun
- a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument
- the person or thing chosen or selected
- the quantity of a crop that is harvested
- the best people or things in a group
- the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving
- a thin sharp implement used for removing unwanted material
- a heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both ends
- a basketball maneuver; obstructing an opponent with one's body
- the act of choosing or selecting
verb
- select carefully from a group
- look for and gather
- harass with constant criticism
- provoke
- remove in small bits
- remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits
- pilfer or rob
- pay for something
- pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion
- attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example
- hit lightly with a picking motion
- eat intermittently; take small bites of
noun
- A ragged edge in metalworking.
- A poor, low-ranking kicker.
- A society run by university students for the purpose of charitable fundraising.
- A shabby, beggarly fellow; a ragamuffin.
- A coarse kind of rock, somewhat cellular in texture; ragstone.
- A ragtime song, dance or piece of music.
- A curtain of various kinds.
- A sail, or any piece of canvas.
- Sanitary napkins, pads, or other materials used to absorb menstrual discharge.
- A piece of old cloth, especially one used for cleaning, patching, etc.; a tattered piece of cloth; a shred or tatter.
- A newspaper or magazine, especially one whose journalism is considered to be of poor quality.
- Tattered clothes.
verb
- To dance to ragtime music.
- To play or compose (a piece, melody, etc.) in syncopated time.
- To drive a car or another vehicle in a hard, fast or unsympathetic manner.
- To scold or tell off; to torment; to banter.
- To decorate (a wall, etc.) by applying paint with a rag.
- To become tattered.
- To tease or torment, especially at a university; to bully, to haze.
- To cut or dress roughly, as a grindstone.
- To break (ore) into lumps for sorting.
noun
- A cylinder often of wood or metal used to fasten or as a bearing between two parts.
- A needle without an eye (usually) made of drawn-out steel wire with one end sharpened and the other flattened or rounded into a head, used for fastening.
- A piece of jewellery that is attached to clothing with a pin.
- The spot at the exact centre of the target, originally a literal pin that fastened the target in place.
- A simple accessory that can be attached to clothing with a pin or fastener, often round and bearing a design, logo or message, and used for decoration, identification or to show political affiliation, etc.
- Any of the individual connecting elements of a multipole electrical connector.
- The flagstick: the flag-bearing pole which marks the location of a hole
- A peg in musical instruments for increasing or relaxing the tension of the strings.
- A thing of small value; a trifle.
- A size of brewery cask, equal to half a firkin, or eighth of a barrel.
- A pinball machine.
- One of a row of pegs in the side of an ancient drinking cup to mark how much each person should drink.
- The spot at the exact centre of the house (the target area)
- A short shaft, sometimes forming a bolt, a part of which serves as a journal.
- The victory condition of holding the opponent's shoulders on the wrestling mat for a prescribed period of time.
- Either a scenario in which moving a lesser piece to escape from attack would expose a more valuable piece to being taken instead, or one where moving a piece is impossible as it would place the king in check.
- The tenon of a dovetail joint.
- A small cylindrical object which blocks the rotation of a pin-tumbler lock when the incorrect key is inserted.
- A small nail with a head and a sharp point.
- A slender object specially designed for use in a specific game or sport, such as skittles or bowling.
- A leg.
verb
- To attach (an icon, application, message etc.) to another item so that it persists.
- To cause an analog gauge to reach the stop pin at the high end of the range.
- To enclose; to confine; to pen; to pound.
- To fix (an array in memory, a security certificate, etc.) so that it cannot be modified.
- To cause (a piece) to be in a pin.
- To pin down (someone).
- To fasten or attach (something) with a pin.
noun
- A reel; a device around which thread, wire or cable is wound, especially a cylinder or spindle.
- One of the rotating assemblies of a gas turbine engine, composed of one or more turbine stages, a shaft, and one or more compressor or fan stages.
- A small swimming pool that can be used also as a spa.
- A temporary storage area for electronic mail, etc.
verb
noun
- A friction device for abseiling, consisting of a frame with five or more metal bars, around which the rope is threaded.
- A cranequin, a mechanism including a rack, pinion and pawl, providing both mechanical advantage and a ratchet, used to bend and cock a crossbow.
- Any of various kinds of frame for holding luggage or other objects on a vehicle or vessel.
- A distaff.
- A series of one or more shelves, stacked one above the other
- A cut of meat involving several adjacent ribs.
- A woman's breasts.
- A climber's set of equipment for setting up protection and belays, consisting of runners, slings, carabiners, nuts, Friends, etc.
- A thousand pounds (£1,000), especially if proceeds of crime
- Thin, flying, broken clouds, or any portion of floating vapour in the sky.
- A bunk.
- A grate on which bacon is laid.
- A set of antlers (as on deer, moose or elk).
- Sleep.
- A device, incorporating a ratchet, used to torture victims by stretching them beyond their natural limits.
- A piece or frame of wood, having several sheaves, through which the running rigging passes.
- A hollow triangle used for aligning the balls at the start of a game.
- A bar with teeth on its face or edge, to work with a pawl as a ratchet allowing movement in one direction only, used for example in a handbrake or crossbow.
- A set with a distributive binary operation whose result is unique.
- A fast amble.
- A bar with teeth on its face or edge, to work with those of a gearwheel, pinion, or worm, which is to drive or be driven by it.
verb
- To stretch or strain; to harass, or oppress by extortion.
- To put the balls into the triangular rack and set them in place on the table.
- To (manually) load (a round of ammunition) from the magazine or belt into firing position in an automatic or semiautomatic firearm.
- To clarify, and thereby deter further fermentation of, beer, wine or cider by draining or siphoning it from the dregs.
- To cause (someone) to suffer pain.
- To move the slide bar on a shotgun in order to chamber the next round.
- To fly, as vapour or broken clouds.
- To amble fast, causing a rocking or swaying motion of the body; to pace.
- To drive; move; go forward rapidly; stir.
- To place in or hang on a rack.
- To torture (someone) on the rack.
- To tend to shear a structure (that is, force it to bend, lean, or move in different directions at different points).
- To strike in the testicles.
- To bind together, as two ropes, with cross turns of yarn, marline, etc.
- To wash (metals, ore, etc.) on a rack.
noun
- A scraper of board or sheet-iron shaped like half the head of a small cask, used for scraping the ore off the sieve in the operation of hand-jigging.
- A scraper for removing poor ore or refuse from the sieve.
- An irregular, jerky or awkward gait.
verb
- limping verses
- To be inadequate or unsatisfactory.
- To walk lamely, as if favouring one leg.
- To travel with a malfunctioning system of propulsion.
- To move or proceed irregularly.
- To call, particularly in an unraised pot pre-flop.
adj
noun
- A rectangular piece of steel obtained by means of a shingling process involving hammering of puddled steel.
- A small, thin piece of building material, often with one end thicker than the other, for laying in overlapping rows as a covering for the roof or sides of a building.
- A punitive strap such as a belt.
- Any paddle used for corporal punishment.
- A small signboard designating a professional office; this may be both a physical signboard or a metaphoric term for a small production company (a production shingle).
- Small, smooth pebbles, as found on a beach.
verb
- To hammer and squeeze material in order to expel cinder and impurities from it, as in metallurgy.
- To increase the storage density of (a hard disk) by writing tracks that partially overlap.
- To cut, as hair, so that the ends are evenly exposed all over the head, like shingles on a roof.
- To cover with small, thin pieces of building material, with shingles.
- To beat with a shingle.
noun
- A very thin sheet of metal.
- Thin aluminium/aluminum (or, formerly, tin) used for wrapping food.
- A thin, transparent plastic material on which marks are made and projected for the purposes of presentation. See transparency.
- A thin layer of metal put between a jewel and its setting to make it seem more brilliant.
- A very thin sword with a blunted (or foiled) tip
- Anything that acts by contrast to emphasise the characteristics of something.
- In literature, theatre/theater, etc., a character who helps emphasize the traits of the main character and who usually acts as an opponent or antagonist, but can also serve as the sidekick of the protagonist.
- One of the incorrect answers presented in a multiple-choice test.
- A stylized flower or leaf.
- Failure when on the point of attainment; defeat; frustration; miscarriage.
- The track of an animal.
verb
noun
- A large ladle for molten metal, fitted with long bars for handling it.
- The center part of a fishhook between the eye and the hook, the 'hook' being the curved part that bends toward the point.
- A poorly played golf shot in which the ball is struck by the part of the club head that connects to the shaft.
- A redshank or greenshank, various species of Old World wading birds in the genus Tringa having distinctly colored legs.
- The main part or beginning of a period of time.
- Meat from that part of an animal.
- The handle of a pair of shears, connecting the ride to the neck.
- An improvised stabbing weapon.
- The space between two channels of the Doric triglyph.
- The part of the sole beneath the instep connecting the broader front part with the heel.
- The end or remainder, particularly of a period of time.
- A loop forming an eye to a button.
- The metal part on a curb bit that falls below the mouthpiece, which length controls the severity of the leverage action of the bit, and to which the reins of the bridle are attached.
- A protruding part of an object, by which it is or can be attached.
- A straight, narrow part of an object, such as a key or an anchor; shaft; stem.
- The part of the leg between the knee and the ankle.
- Flat-nosed pliers, used by opticians for nipping off the edges of pieces of glass to make them round.
verb
- To hit or kick the ball in an unintended direction.
- To misstrike the ball with the part of the club head that connects to the shaft.
- To fall off, as a leaf, flower, or capsule, on account of disease affecting the supporting footstalk; usually followed by off.
- To remove another's trousers, especially in jest; to depants.
- To provide (a button) with a shank (loop forming an eye).
- To apply the shank to a shoe, during the process of manufacturing it.
- To stab, especially with an improvised blade.
adj
noun
- A metal support for a cylindrical pipe.
- A set of repetitive prayers, other than the Rosary, typically prayed with a string of beads.
- The Chaplet of Divine Mercy, the most well-known chaplet in the Catholic Church.
- A garland or circlet for the head.
- A molding in the form of a string of beads; a bead molding.
- A small chapel or shrine.
- A bent piece of sheet iron, or a pin with thin plates on its ends, for holding a core in place in the mould.
- A headdress in the form of a wreath made of leaves, flowers or twigs woven into a ring.
noun
- A type of machine for bending sheet metal. (See wikipedia.)
- Something used to retard or stop some action, process etc.
- That part of a carriage, as of a movable battery, or engine, which enables it to turn.
- Any fern in the genus Pteris
- A type of torture instrument.
- An ancient engine of war analogous to the crossbow and ballista.
- A tool used for breaking flax or hemp.
- A cart or carriage without a body, used in breaking in horses.ᵂ
- The handle of a pump.
- An enclosure to restrain cattle, horses, etc.
- A large, heavy harrow for breaking clods after ploughing; a drag.
- A thicket, or an area overgrown with briers etc.
- A fern; bracken (Pteridium).
- An apparatus for testing the power of a steam engine or other motor by weighing the amount of friction that the motor will overcome; a friction brake.
- A device used to slow or stop the motion of a wheel, or of a vehicle, usually by friction (although other resistive forces, such as electromagnetic fields or aerodynamic drag, can also be used); also, the controls or apparatus used to engage such a mechanism such as the pedal in a car.
- A baker's kneading trough.
- A carriage for transporting shooting parties and their equipment.ᵂ
- The act of braking, of using a brake to slow down a machine or vehicle
- A frame for confining a refractory horse while the smith is shoeing him.
verb
noun
- A hardened, engraved steel punch for impressing a device upon a die, used in coining, etc.
- A rough protuberance or projecting obstruction.
- A point where many routes meet and traffic is distributed, dispensed, or diverted.
- A goal or mark at which quoits, etc., are thrown.
- A computer networking device connecting several Ethernet ports. See switch.
- The central part, usually cylindrical, of a wheel; the nave.
- A central facility providing a range of related services, such as a medical hub or an educational hub.
- A stake with a nail in it, used to mark a temporary point.
- A screw hob.
- A block for scotching a wheel.
- An area in a video game from which individual levels are accessed.
- A male weasel; a buck; a dog; a jack.
noun
- A narrow-necked vessel of metal or glass, used for various purposes; as of sheet metal, to carry gunpowder in; or of wrought iron, to contain quicksilver; or of glass, to heat water in, etc.
- Laboratory glassware used to hold larger volumes than test tubes, normally having a narrow mouth of a standard size which widens to a flat or spherical base.
- A container used to discreetly carry a small amount of a hard alcoholic beverage; a pocket flask.
- A container for holding a casting mold, especially for sand casting molds.
- A bed in a gun carriage.
verb
noun
- metal or earthenware cooking vessel that is usually round and deep; often has a handle and lid
- a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination
- the quantity contained in a pot
- a container in which plants are cultivated
- (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
- the cumulative amount involved in a game (such as poker)
- slang for a paunch
- a resistor with three terminals, the third being an adjustable center terminal; used to adjust voltages in radios and TV sets
- street names for marijuana
verb
noun
- A thin glass rod which is temporarily attached to a larger piece in order to better manipulate the larger piece.
- A pontoon; a narrow shallow boat propelled by a pole.
- A kick made by a player who drops the ball and kicks it before it hits the ground.
- Gambling, as a pastime, especially betting on horseraces or the dogs. E.g anyone up for a punt on Randwick?
- A highly speculative investment or other commitment.
- A wild guess.
- A bet or wager.
- The act of playing at basset, baccara, faro, etc.
- An indentation in the base of a wine bottle.
- A point in the game of faro.
- The Irish pound, used as the unit of currency of Ireland until it was replaced by the euro in 2002.
verb
- To propel a punt or similar craft by means of a pole.
- To kick a bouncing ball far and high.
- To retreat from one's objective; to abandon an effort one still notionally supports.
- To equivocate and delay or put off (answering a question, addressing an issue, etc).
- To make the best choice from a set of non-ideal alternatives.
- To stake against the bank, to back a horse, to gamble or take a chance more generally
- To make a highly speculative investment or other commitment, or take a wild guess.
- To dropkick; to kick something a considerable distance.
- Of a fish, to walk along the seafloor using its fins as limbs.
- To kick a ball dropped from the hands before it hits the ground. (This puts the ball farther from the goal across which the opposing team is attempting to score, so improves the chances of the team punting.)
- To play at basset, baccara, faro, etc.
- To eject; to kick out of a place.
noun
- Any object used as a wedge or filler, especially when placed behind a wheel to prevent it from rolling.
- Any fitting or fixture used to restrict movement, especially movement of a line; traditionally was a fixture near a bulwark with two horns pointing towards each other, with a gap between where the line can be inserted.
verb
- To make a dull sound.
- To stop or fasten, as with a wedge, or block; to scotch.
- To insert a line in a chock.
adv
noun
- A ring that fits tightly around a cable, rope or wire, holding it in place or preventing leakage around any hole through which it passes.
- A threaded plastic tube used to clamp blood vessels during surgery.
- A type of latch that operates by providing spring tension between a door or window and its frame.
- Moveable brackets for keeping small items secure on a shelf.
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