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Allonge
verb · 78% connection
A slip of paper attached to a bill of exchange for receiving indorsements, when the back of the bill itself is already full; a rider.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ring, bent, piece, metal, wood.
Annular
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or having the form of, a ring; forming a ring; ringed; ring-shaped; as, annular fibers.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ring, bent, piece, metal, wood.
Brand
verb · 78% connection
A burning piece of wood; or a stick or piece of wood partly burnt, whether burning or after the fire is extinct.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ring, bent, piece, metal, wood.
Bush
noun · 78% connection
A lining for a hole to make it smaller; a thimble or ring of metal or wood inserted in a plate or other part of machinery to receive t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ring, bent, piece, metal, wood.
Caesura
noun · 78% connection
A metrical break in a verse, occurring in the middle of a foot and commonly near the middle of the verse; a sense pause in the middle…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ring, bent, piece, metal, wood.
Card
noun · 78% connection
An instrument for disentangling and arranging the fibers of cotton, wool, flax, etc.; or for cleaning and smoothing the hair of animal…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ring, bent, piece, metal, wood.
Chamois
noun · 78% connection
A soft leather made from the skin of the chamois, or from sheepskin, etc.; -- called also chamois leather, and chammy or shammy leathe…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ring, bent, piece, metal, wood.
Clevis
noun · 78% connection
A piece of metal bent in the form of an oxbow, with the two ends perforated to receive a pin, used on the end of the tongue of a plow,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ring, bent, piece, metal, wood.
Cog
noun · 78% connection
A tooth, cam, or catch for imparting or receiving motion, as on a gear wheel, or a lifter or wiper on a shaft; originally, a separate…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ring, bent, piece, metal, wood.
Cramp
noun · 78% connection
A piece of wood having a curve corresponding to that of the upper part of the instep, on which the upper leather of a boot is stretche…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ring, bent, piece, metal, wood.
Electro-magnet
noun · 78% connection
A mass, usually of soft iron, but sometimes of some other magnetic metal, as nickel or cobalt, rendered temporarily magnetic by being…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ring, bent, piece, metal, wood.
Eyelet
noun · 78% connection
A metal ring or grommet, or short metallic tube, the ends of which can be bent outward and over to fasten it in place; -- used to line…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ring, bent, piece, metal, wood.
Flat
noun · 78% connection
A horizontal vein or ore deposit auxiliary to a main vein; also, any horizontal portion of a vein not elsewhere horizontal.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ring, bent, piece, metal, wood.
Flat foot
unknown · 78% connection
A foot in which the arch of the instep is flattened so that the entire sole of the foot rests upon the ground; also, the deformity, us…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ring, bent, piece, metal, wood.
Foot
noun · 78% connection
The lowest part or base; the ground part; the bottom, as of a mountain or column; also, the last of a row or series; the end or extrem…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ring, bent, piece, metal, wood.
Geniculate
adjective · 78% connection
Bent abruptly at an angle, like the knee when bent; as, a geniculate stem; a geniculate ganglion; a geniculate twin crystal.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ring, bent, piece, metal, wood.
Gimbals
noun · 78% connection
A contrivance for permitting a body to incline freely in all directions, or for suspending anything, as a barometer, ship's compass, c…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ring, bent, piece, metal, wood.
Hook
noun · 78% connection
A piece of metal, or other hard material, formed or bent into a curve or at an angle, for catching, holding, or sustaining anything; a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ring, bent, piece, metal, wood.
