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REST |
Other pieces |
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DOWEL |
A piece of wood driven into a wall, so that other pieces may
be nailed to it. |
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ASUNDER |
Apart; separate from each other; into parts; in two;
separately; into or in different pieces or places. |
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FRICASSEE |
A dish made of fowls, veal, or other meat of small
animals cut into pieces, and stewed in a gravy. |
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CHINK |
To make a slight, sharp, metallic sound, as by the
collision of little pieces of money, or other small sonorous bodies. |
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MOSAIC |
A surface decoration made by inlaying in patterns small
pieces of variously colored glass, stone, or other material; -- called
also mosaic work. |
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FAGOT |
A bundle of pieces of wrought iron to be worked over into
bars or other shapes by rolling or hammering at a welding heat; a pile. |
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KNEEJOINT |
A toggle joint; -- so called because consisting of two
pieces jointed to each other end to end, making an angle like the knee
when bent. |
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NAIL |
A slender, pointed piece of metal, usually with a head, used
for fastening pieces of wood or other material together, by being
driven into or through them. |
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PAIR |
A single thing, composed of two pieces fitted to each other
and used together; as, a pair of scissors; a pair of tongs; a pair of
bellows. |
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CLAMP |
One of a pair of movable pieces of lead, or other soft
material, to cover the jaws of a vise and enable it to grasp without
bruising. |
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MANIKIN |
A model of the human body, made of papier-mache or other
material, commonly in detachable pieces, for exhibiting the different
parts and organs, their relative position, etc. |
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STRAKE |
An iron band by which the fellies of a wheel are secured to
each other, being not continuous, as the tire is, but made up of
separate pieces. |
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BRACKET |
A piece or combination of pieces, usually triangular in
general shape, projecting from, or fastened to, a wall, or other
surface, to support heavy bodies or to strengthen angles. |
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LANGREL |
A kind of shot formerly used at sea for tearing sails and
rigging. It consisted of bolts, nails, and other pieces of iron
fastened together or inclosed in a canister. |
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SHIPWRECK |
The breaking in pieces, or shattering, of a ship or
other vessel by being cast ashore or driven against rocks, shoals,
etc., by the violence of the winds and waves. |
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LINK |
...hanism, as
the fixed frame, or a rod, wheel, mass of confined liquid, etc., by
which relative motion of other parts is produced and constrained.... |
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RAFT |
...r the like,
fastened together, either for their own collective conveyance on the
water, or to serve as a support in conveying other things; a fl... |
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SPILIKIN |
One of a number of small pieces or pegs of wood, ivory,
bone, or other material, for playing a game, or for counting the score
in a game, as in cribbage. In the plural (spilikins |
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INLAY |
...rl,
iviry, choice woods, or the like, in a groundwork of some other
material; to form an ornamental surface; to diversify or adorn with
inser... |
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FURNITURE |
Pieces of wood or metal of a lesser height than the
type, placed around the pages or other matter in a form, and, with the
quoins, serving to secure the form in its place in the chase. |
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COAMINGS |
Raised pieces of wood of iron around a hatchway,
skylight, or other opening in the deck, to prevent water from running
bellow; esp. the fore-an... |
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DISINTEGRATE |
... fragments or to powder; to break up, or cause to fall to pieces, as a
rock, by blows of a hammer, frost, rain, and other mechanical or
atmosphe... |
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TIMBER |
...for
building, or already framed; collectively, the larger pieces or sticks
of wood, forming the framework of a house, ship, or other structure, ... |
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PICEA |
...ich do not readily fall to pieces, in
this and other respects differing from the firs. ... |