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Advance
adjective · 78% connection
Before in place, or beforehand in time; -- used for advanced; as, an advance guard, or that before the main guard or body of an army;…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: knife, cutter, attached, beam, plow.
Advancement
verb · 78% connection
An advance of money or value; payment in advance. See Advance, 5.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: knife, cutter, attached, beam, plow.
Attachment
noun · 78% connection
Something attached; some adjunct attached to an instrument, machine, or other object; as, a sewing machine attachment (i. e., a device…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: knife, cutter, attached, beam, plow.
Balk
verb · 78% connection
A great beam, rafter, or timber; esp., the tie-beam of a house. The loft above was called "the balks."
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: knife, cutter, attached, beam, plow.
Beam
noun · 78% connection
A cylinder of wood, making part of a loom, on which weavers wind the warp before weaving; also, the cylinder on which the cloth is rol…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: knife, cutter, attached, beam, plow.
Bowie knife
unknown · 78% connection
A knife with a strong blade from ten to fifteen inches long, and double-edged near the point; -- used as a hunting knife, and formerly…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: knife, cutter, attached, beam, plow.
Crawl
verb · 78% connection
To advance slowly and furtively; to insinuate one's self; to advance or gain influence by servile or obsequious conduct.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: knife, cutter, attached, beam, plow.
Cultirostral
adjective · 78% connection
Having a bill shaped like the colter of a plow, or like a knife, as the heron, stork, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: knife, cutter, attached, beam, plow.
Cutter
noun · 78% connection
One who cuts; as, a stone cutter; a die cutter; esp., one who cuts out garments.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: knife, cutter, attached, beam, plow.
Dewretting
noun · 78% connection
Dewrotting; the process of decomposing the gummy matter of flax and hemp and setting the fibrous part, by exposure on a sward to dew,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: knife, cutter, attached, beam, plow.
Earthboard
noun · 78% connection
The part of a plow, or other implement, that turns over the earth; the moldboard.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: knife, cutter, attached, beam, plow.
Fish
verb · 78% connection
To strengthen (a beam, mast, etc.), or unite end to end (two timbers, railroad rails, etc.) by bolting a plank, timber, or plate to th…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: knife, cutter, attached, beam, plow.
Flesher
noun · 78% connection
A two-handled, convex, blunt-edged knife, for scraping hides; a fleshing knife.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: knife, cutter, attached, beam, plow.
Forestall
verb · 78% connection
To take possession of, in advance of some one or something else, to the exclusion or detriment of the latter; to get ahead of; to preo…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: knife, cutter, attached, beam, plow.
Gain
noun · 78% connection
A square or beveled notch cut out of a girder, binding joist, or other timber which supports a floor beam, so as to receive the end of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: knife, cutter, attached, beam, plow.
Girder
noun · 78% connection
A main beam; a stright, horizontal beam to span an opening or carry weight, such as ends of floor beams, etc.; hence, a framed or buil…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: knife, cutter, attached, beam, plow.
Jackknife
noun · 78% connection
A large, strong clasp knife for the pocket; a pocket knife.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: knife, cutter, attached, beam, plow.
Knife
noun · 78% connection
An instrument consisting of a thin blade, usually of steel and having a sharp edge for cutting, fastened to a handle, but of many diff…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: knife, cutter, attached, beam, plow.
