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A transverse bar or piece, as a bar across a door, or as the iron bar or stock which passes through the shank of an anchor to insure its turning fluke down.
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A piece of wood, metal, or other material, long in proportion to its breadth or thickness, used as a lever and for various other purposes, but especi…
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A piece of any structure which is fitted or framed crosswise.
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The bar, or crosspiece, of a carriage, to which the singletrees are attached.
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A whiffletree, or whippletree. See Singletree.
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Same as Whippletree.
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The pivoted or swinging bar to which the traces, or tugs, of a harness are fastened, and by which a carriage, a plow, or other implement or vehicle,…
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