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AXIS |
Pivot |
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HINGE |
Pivot |
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FULCRUM |
Pivot |
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TWIRL |
Pivot |
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SWIVEL |
Pivot |
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PIVOTED |
Of Pivot |
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PIVOTING |
Of Pivot |
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PINTLE |
An upright pivot pin |
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PIVOT |
To place on a pivot. |
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SAUCER |
A shallow socket for the pivot of a capstan. |
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BUSH |
To furnish with a bush, or lining; as, to bush a pivot
hole. |
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POTANCE |
The stud in which the bearing for the lower pivot of the
verge is made. |
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RUN |
To turn, as a wheel; to revolve on an axis or pivot; as, a
wheel runs swiftly round. |
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COCK |
The bridge piece which affords a bearing for the pivot of a
balance in a clock or watch. |
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TOE |
The journal, or pivot, at the lower end of a revolving shaft
or spindle, which rests in a step. |
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COCKHEAD |
The rounded or pointed top of a grinding mill spindle,
forming a pivot on which the stone is balanced. |
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JEWEL |
A bearing for a pivot a pivot in a watch, formed of a
crystal or precious stone, as a ruby. |
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WHEEL |
To change direction, as if revolving upon an axis or
pivot; to turn; as, the troops wheeled to the right. |
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HERISSON |
A beam or bar armed with iron spikes, and turning on a
pivot; -- used to block up a passage. |
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BUSHING |
The operation of fitting bushes, or linings, into holes or
places where wear is to be received, or friction diminished, as pivot
holes, etc. |
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TROCHOID |
Admitting of rotation on an axis; -- sometimes applied to
a pivot joint like that between the atlas and axis in the vertebral
column. |
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PINCHERS |
An instrument having two handles and two grasping
jaws working on a pivot; -- used for griping things to be held fast,
drawing nails, etc. |
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WHIRLIGIG |
A mediaeval instrument for punishing petty offenders,
being a kind of wooden cage turning on a pivot, in which the offender
was whirled round with great velocity. |
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ROLLING |
Rotating on an axis, or moving along a surface by
rotation; turning over and over as if on an axis or a pivot; as, a
rolling wheel or ball. |
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TRAVERSE |
To turn, as on a pivot; to move round; to swivel; as,
the needle of a compass traverses; if it does not traverse well, it is
an unsafe guide. |