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Brush
noun · 78% connection
An instrument composed of bristles, or other like material, set in a suitable back or handle, as of wood, bone, or ivory, and used for…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: grooms, horses, brush, rotated, flexible.
Brush wheel
unknown · 78% connection
A circular revolving brush used by turners, lapidaries, silversmiths, etc., for polishing.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: grooms, horses, brush, rotated, flexible.
Cabling
noun · 78% connection
The decoration of a fluted shaft of a column or of a pilaster with reeds, or rounded moldings, which seem to be laid in the hollows of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: grooms, horses, brush, rotated, flexible.
Cannon
noun · 78% connection
A hollow cylindrical piece carried by a revolving shaft, on which it may, however, revolve independently.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: grooms, horses, brush, rotated, flexible.
Collar
noun · 78% connection
A ring or round flange upon, surrounding, or against an object, and used for restraining motion within given limits, or for holding so…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: grooms, horses, brush, rotated, flexible.
Countershaft
noun · 78% connection
An intermediate shaft; esp., one which receives motion from a line shaft in a factory and transmits it to a machine.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: grooms, horses, brush, rotated, flexible.
Crank
noun · 78% connection
A bent portion of an axle, or shaft, or an arm keyed at right angles to the end of a shaft, by which motion is imparted to or received…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: grooms, horses, brush, rotated, flexible.
Drift
noun · 78% connection
A passage driven or cut between shaft and shaft; a driftway; a small subterranean gallery; an adit or tunnel.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: grooms, horses, brush, rotated, flexible.
Drum
noun · 78% connection
A cylinder on a revolving shaft, generally for the purpose of driving several pulleys, by means of belts or straps passing around its…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: grooms, horses, brush, rotated, flexible.
Eccentric
noun · 78% connection
A disk or wheel so arranged upon a shaft that the center of the wheel and that of the shaft do not coincide. It is used for operating…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: grooms, horses, brush, rotated, flexible.
Flashing
noun · 78% connection
The reheating of an article at the furnace aperture during manufacture to restore its plastic condition; esp., the reheating of a glob…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: grooms, horses, brush, rotated, flexible.
Four-in-hand
adjective · 78% connection
Consisting of four horses controlled by one person; as, a four-in-hand team; drawn by four horses driven by one person; as, a four-in-…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: grooms, horses, brush, rotated, flexible.
Hostler
noun · 78% connection
The person who has the care of horses at an inn or stable; hence, any one who takes care of horses; a groom; -- so called because the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: grooms, horses, brush, rotated, flexible.
Jointed
adjective · 78% connection
Having joints; articulated; full of nodes; knotty; as, a jointed doll; jointed structure.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: grooms, horses, brush, rotated, flexible.
Key
noun · 78% connection
A bar, pin or wedge, to secure a crank, pulley, coupling, etc., upon a shaft, and prevent relative turning; sometimes holding by frict…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: grooms, horses, brush, rotated, flexible.
Lever
noun · 78% connection
An arm on a rock shaft, to give motion to the shaft or to obtain motion from it.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: grooms, horses, brush, rotated, flexible.
Limber
noun · 78% connection
The detachable fore part of a gun carriage, consisting of two wheels, an axle, and a shaft to which the horses are attached. On top is…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: grooms, horses, brush, rotated, flexible.
Nailbrush
noun · 78% connection
A brush for cleaning the nails.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: grooms, horses, brush, rotated, flexible.
