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WINCH |
Crank |
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CRANKY |
Full of spirit; crank. |
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WALTY |
Liable to roll over; crank; as, a walty ship. |
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WEB |
The arm of a crank between the shaft and the wrist. |
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CRANKED |
Formed with, or having, a bend or crank; as, a cranked
axle. |
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STIFF |
Bearing a press of canvas without careening much; as, a
stiff vessel; -- opposed to crank. |
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SHAPER |
A kind of planer in which the tool, instead of the work,
receives a reciprocating motion, usually from a crank. |
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COMMUNICATE |
To impart; to bestow; to convey; as, to communicate
a disease or a sensation; to communicate motion by means of a crank. |
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GATLING GUN |
An American machine gun, consisting of a cluster of
barrels which, being revolved by a crank, are automatically loaded and
fired. |
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ORGAN |
A component part performing an essential office in the
working of any complex machine; as, the cylinder, valves, crank, etc.,
are organs of the steam engine. |
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COUNTERBALANCE |
A mass of metal in one side of a driving wheel or
fly wheel, to balance the weight of a crank pin, etc., on the opposite
side of the wheel |
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BEAM |
...n a central
axis, one end of which is connected with the piston rod from which it
receives motion, and the other with the crank of the wheel sha... |
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EYE |
...h anything,
to receive a rope, hook, pin, shaft, etc.; as an eye at the end of a
tie bar in a bridge truss; as an eye through a crank; an eye at... |
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CRANK |
..., or reciprocating into circular motion. See Bell crank. ... |
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TRUNK |
...gine, of
sufficient diameter to allow one end of the connecting rod to be
attached to the crank, and the other end to pass within the pipe
di... |
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KEY |
A bar, pin or wedge, to secure a crank, pulley, coupling,
etc., upon a shaft, and prevent relative turning; sometimes holding by
friction alone... |
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ECCENTRIC |
...ses. The motion
derived is precisely that of a crank having the same throw. ... |
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HURDY-GURDY |
...ch
the sound is produced by the friction of a wheel turned by a crank at
the end, instead of by a bow, two of the strings being tuned as drones,... |
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THROW |
The extreme movement given to a sliding or vibrating
reciprocating piece by a cam, crank, eccentric, or the like; travel;
stroke; as, the throw... |
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WINDLASS |
...rizontal
cylinder or roller moving on its axis, and turned by a crank, lever, or
similar means, so as to wind up a rope or chain attached to the... |
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JACK |
...t pedestal
or support and operated by a lever, crank, capstan bar, etc. The name
is often given to a jackscrew, which is a kind of jack. ... |