A rectangular piece fitting grooves like key seats in a hub and a shaft, so that while the one may slide endwise on the other, both must revolve together; a feather; also, sometimes, a groove to receive such a rectangular piece.
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To carve or cut up, as a chub.
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Coming tardily after or behind; slow; tardy.
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A thin, narrow strip of wood, nailed to the rafters, studs, or floor beams of a building, for the purpose of supporting the tiles, plastering, etc. A…
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Alt. of Louvre
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A small lantern. See Lantern, 2 (a).
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One of a number of narrow strips of wood, or narrow iron plates, placed edge to edge to form the sides, covering, or lining of a vessel or structure;…
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To deprive; to bereave; to make destitute; to plunder; especially, to deprive of a covering; to skin; to peel; as, to strip a man of his possession,…
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A thin, narrow strip or bar of wood or metal; as, the slats of a window blind.
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