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RIVET |
Metal pin |
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FID |
A wooden or metal bar or pin, used to support or steady
anything. |
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SKEWER |
A pin of wood or metal for fastening meat to a spit, or for
keeping it in form while roasting. |
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THOLE |
A wooden or metal pin, set in the gunwale of a boat, to
serve as a fulcrum for the oar in rowing. |
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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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SILVER |
To cover with silver; to give a silvery appearance to by
applying a metal of a silvery color; as, to silver a pin; to silver a
glass mirror plate with an amalgam of tin and mercury. |
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DOWEL |
A pin, or block, of wood or metal, fitting into holes in the
abutting portions of two pieces, and being partly in one piece and
partly in the o... |
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HASP |
A clasp, especially a metal strap permanently fast at one end
to a staple or pin, while the other passes over a staple, and is
fastened by a pa... |
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CLEVIS |
A piece of metal bent in the form of an oxbow, with the two
ends perforated to receive a pin, used on the end of the tongue of a
plow, wagen, e... |
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ROWLOCK |
... a single pin passing through the oar,
or of a metal fork or stirrup pivoted in the gunwale and suporting the
oar. ... |