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Gatepost

A post to which a gate is hung; -- called also swinging / hinging post.

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Aswing adverb · 78% connection

In a state of swinging.

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Cradle noun · 78% connection

A bed or cot for a baby, oscillating on rockers or swinging on pivots; hence, the place of origin, or in which anything is nurtured or…

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Dangle verb · 78% connection

To hang loosely, or with a swinging or jerking motion.

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Evener noun · 78% connection

In vehicles, a swinging crossbar, to the ends of which other crossbars, or whiffletrees, are hung, to equalize the draught when two or…

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Flail noun · 78% connection

An instrument for threshing or beating grain from the ear by hand, consisting of a wooden staff or handle, at the end of which a stout…

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Gateman noun · 78% connection

A gate keeper; a gate tender.

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Gateway noun · 78% connection

A passage through a fence or wall; a gate; also, a frame, arch, etc., in which a gate in hung, or a structure at an entrance or gate d…

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Gripe noun · 78% connection

An assemblage of ropes, dead-eyes, and hocks, fastened to ringbolts in the deck, to secure the boats when hoisted; also, broad bands p…

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Guest rope unknown · 78% connection

The line by which a boat makes fast to the swinging boom.

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Hammock noun · 78% connection

A swinging couch or bed, usually made of netting or canvas about six feet wide, suspended by clews or cords at the ends.

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Hanging adjective · 78% connection

Adapted for sustaining a hanging object; as, the hanging post of a gate, the post which holds the hinges.

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Hatch noun · 78% connection

A flood gate; a a sluice gate.

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Hatchment noun · 78% connection

A sort of panel, upon which the arms of a deceased person are temporarily displayed, -- usually on the walls of his dwelling. It is lo…

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Heelpost noun · 78% connection

The post to which a gate or door is hinged.

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Herse noun · 78% connection

A kind of gate or portcullis, having iron bars, like a harrow, studded with iron spikes. It is hung above gateways so that it may be q…

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Hook noun · 78% connection

That part of a hinge which is fixed to a post, and on which a door or gate hangs and turns.

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King-post noun · 78% connection

A member of a common form of truss, as a roof truss. It is strictly a tie, intended to prevent the sagging of the tiebeam in the middl…

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Lift noun · 78% connection

A lift gate. See Lift gate, below.

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