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Aim
verb · 78% connection
To point or direct a missile weapon, or a weapon which propels as missile, towards an object or spot with the intent of hitting it; as…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ridge, projecting, edge, shoulder, piece.
Bank
noun · 78% connection
A mound, pile, or ridge of earth, raised above the surrounding level; hence, anything shaped like a mound or ridge of earth; as, a ban…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ridge, projecting, edge, shoulder, piece.
Charge
verb · 78% connection
A position (of a weapon) fitted for attack; as, to bring a weapon to the charge.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ridge, projecting, edge, shoulder, piece.
Chase
noun · 78% connection
A kind of joint by which an overlap joint is changed to a flush joint, by means of a gradually deepening rabbet, as at the ends of cli…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ridge, projecting, edge, shoulder, piece.
Cheliform
adjective · 78% connection
Having a movable joint or finger closing against a preceding joint or a projecting part of it, so that the whole may be used for grasp…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ridge, projecting, edge, shoulder, piece.
Clod
noun · 78% connection
A part of the shoulder of a beef creature, or of the neck piece near the shoulder. See Illust. of Beef.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ridge, projecting, edge, shoulder, piece.
Col
noun · 78% connection
A short ridge connecting two higher elevations or mountains; the pass over such a ridge.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ridge, projecting, edge, shoulder, piece.
Dart
noun · 78% connection
A pointed missile weapon, intended to be thrown by the hand; a short lance; a javelin; hence, any sharp-pointed missile weapon, as an…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ridge, projecting, edge, shoulder, piece.
Drawbore
noun · 78% connection
A hole bored through a tenon nearer to the shoulder than the holes through the cheeks are to the edge or abutment against which the sh…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ridge, projecting, edge, shoulder, piece.
Epaule
noun · 78% connection
The shoulder of a bastion, or the place where its face and flank meet and form the angle, called the angle of the shoulder.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ridge, projecting, edge, shoulder, piece.
Epaulette
noun · 78% connection
A shoulder ornament or badge worn by military and naval officers, differences of rank being marked by some peculiar form or device, as…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ridge, projecting, edge, shoulder, piece.
Feather-edged/
adjective · 78% connection
Having a feather-edge; also, having one edge thinner than the other, as a board; -- in the United States, said only of stuff one edge…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ridge, projecting, edge, shoulder, piece.
Fringe
noun · 78% connection
An ornamental appendage to the border of a piece of stuff, originally consisting of the ends of the warp, projecting beyond the woven…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ridge, projecting, edge, shoulder, piece.
Glaive
noun · 78% connection
A weapon formerly used, consisting of a large blade fixed on the end of a pole, whose edge was on the outside curve; also, a light lan…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ridge, projecting, edge, shoulder, piece.
Gorget
noun · 78% connection
A piece of plate armor covering the same parts and worn over the buff coat in the 17th century, and without other steel armor.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ridge, projecting, edge, shoulder, piece.
Guide
noun · 78% connection
The leather strap by which the shield of a knight was slung across the shoulder, or across the neck and shoulder.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ridge, projecting, edge, shoulder, piece.
Hinge
noun · 78% connection
The hook with its eye, or the joint, on which a door, gate, lid, etc., turns or swings; a flexible piece, as a strip of leather, which…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ridge, projecting, edge, shoulder, piece.
Hogback
noun · 78% connection
A ridge formed by tilted strata; hence, any ridge with a sharp summit, and steeply sloping sides.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ridge, projecting, edge, shoulder, piece.
