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Sledge

A strong vehicle with low runners or low wheels; or one without wheels or runners, made of plank slightly turned up at one end, used for transporting loads upon the snow, ice, or bare ground; a sled.

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Bob 76% connected

Anything that hangs so as to play loosely, or with a short abrupt motion, as at the end of a string; a pendant; as, the bob at the end of a kite's ta…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Bobsled 76% connected

Alt. of Bobsleigh

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Bobsleigh 76% connected

A short sled, mostly used as one of a pair connected by a reach or coupling; also, the compound sled so formed.

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Pung 76% connected

A kind of plain sleigh drawn by one horse; originally, a rude oblong box on runners.

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Toboggan 76% connected

A kind of sledge made of pliable board, turned up at one or both ends, used for coasting down hills or prepared inclined planes; also, a sleigh or sl…

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Hammer 76% connected

An instrument for driving nails, beating metals, and the like, consisting of a head, usually of steel or iron, fixed crosswise to a handle.

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Journey 76% connected

The travel or work of a day.

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Transport 76% connected

To carry or bear from one place to another; to remove; to convey; as, to transport goods; to transport troops.

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Travel 76% connected

To labor; to travail.

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Vehicle 76% connected

That in or on which any person or thing is, or may be, carried, as a coach, carriage, wagon, cart, car, sleigh, bicycle, etc.; a means of conveyance;…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Component part 1

Runner 70% connected

One who, or that which, runs; a racer.

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Maul 92% connected

A heavy wooden hammer or beetle.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Sled 92% connected

A vehicle on runners, used for conveying loads over the snow or ice; -- in England called sledge.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Sleigh 92% connected

Sly.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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