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Achilles' tendon
noun · 78% connection
The strong tendon formed of the united tendons of the large muscles in the calf of the leg, an inserted into the bone of the heel; --…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tool, turners, metal, bend, forming.
Alder
noun · 78% connection
A tree, usually growing in moist land, and belonging to the genus Alnus. The wood is used by turners, etc.; the bark by dyers and tann…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tool, turners, metal, bend, forming.
Baton
noun · 78% connection
An ordinary with its ends cut off, borne sinister as a mark of bastardy, and containing one fourth in breadth of the bend sinister; --…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tool, turners, metal, bend, forming.
Bend
verb · 78% connection
To strain or move out of a straight line; to crook by straining; to make crooked; to curve; to make ready for use by drawing into a cu…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tool, turners, metal, bend, forming.
Bendlet
noun · 78% connection
A narrow bend, esp. one half the width of the bend.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tool, turners, metal, bend, forming.
Box
noun · 78% connection
A tree or shrub, flourishing in different parts of the world. The common box (Buxus sempervirens) has two varieties, one of which, the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tool, turners, metal, bend, forming.
Broach
noun · 78% connection
A tool of steel, generally tapering, and of a polygonal form, with from four to eight cutting edges, for smoothing or enlarging holes…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tool, turners, metal, bend, forming.
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: tool, turners, metal, bend, forming.
Burin
noun · 78% connection
The cutting tool of an engraver on metal, used in line engraving. It is made of tempered steel, one end being ground off obliquely so…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tool, turners, metal, bend, forming.
Burr
noun · 78% connection
The thin ridge left by a tool in cutting or shaping metal. See Burr, n., 2.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tool, turners, metal, bend, forming.
Chisel
noun · 78% connection
A tool with a cutting edge on one end of a metal blade, used in dressing, shaping, or working in timber, stone, metal, etc.; -- usuall…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tool, turners, metal, bend, forming.
Crouch
verb · 78% connection
To bend, or cause to bend, as in humility or fear.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tool, turners, metal, bend, forming.
Decline
verb · 78% connection
To bend, or lean downward; to take a downward direction; to bend over or hang down, as from weakness, weariness, despondency, etc.; to…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tool, turners, metal, bend, forming.
Die
noun · 78% connection
A hollow internally threaded screw-cutting tool, made in one piece or composed of several parts, for forming screw threads on bolts, e…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tool, turners, metal, bend, forming.
Feed
verb · 78% connection
To produce progressive operation upon or with (as in wood and metal working machines, so that the work moves to the cutting tool, or t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tool, turners, metal, bend, forming.
Heel
noun · 78% connection
Management by the heel, especially the spurred heel; as, the horse understands the heel well.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tool, turners, metal, bend, forming.
Lap
noun · 78% connection
A piece of brass, lead, or other soft metal, used to hold a cutting or polishing powder in cutting glass, gems, and the like, or in po…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tool, turners, metal, bend, forming.
Lathe
noun · 78% connection
machine tool for shaping metal or wood; the workpiece turns about a horizontal axis against a fixed tool
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tool, turners, metal, bend, forming.
