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Cabling
noun · 78% connection
The decoration of a fluted shaft of a column or of a pilaster with reeds, or rounded moldings, which seem to be laid in the hollows of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long, pieces, wood, extending, before.
Chimney
noun · 78% connection
That part of a building which contains the smoke flues; esp. an upright tube or flue of brick or stone, in most cases extending throug…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long, pieces, wood, extending, before.
Coamings
n. pl. · 78% connection
Raised pieces of wood of iron around a hatchway, skylight, or other opening in the deck, to prevent water from running bellow; esp. th…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long, pieces, wood, extending, before.
Collar
noun · 78% connection
A ring or round flange upon, surrounding, or against an object, and used for restraining motion within given limits, or for holding so…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long, pieces, wood, extending, before.
Com-
unknown · 78% connection
A prefix from the Latin preposition cum, signifying with, together, in conjunction, very, etc. It is used in the form com- before b, m…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long, pieces, wood, extending, before.
Countershaft
noun · 78% connection
An intermediate shaft; esp., one which receives motion from a line shaft in a factory and transmits it to a machine.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long, pieces, wood, extending, before.
Crank
noun · 78% connection
A bent portion of an axle, or shaft, or an arm keyed at right angles to the end of a shaft, by which motion is imparted to or received…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long, pieces, wood, extending, before.
Drift
noun · 78% connection
A passage driven or cut between shaft and shaft; a driftway; a small subterranean gallery; an adit or tunnel.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long, pieces, wood, extending, before.
Drive
verb · 78% connection
To urge on and direct the motions of, as the beasts which draw a vehicle, or the vehicle borne by them; hence, also, to take in a carr…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long, pieces, wood, extending, before.
Eccentric
noun · 78% connection
A disk or wheel so arranged upon a shaft that the center of the wheel and that of the shaft do not coincide. It is used for operating…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long, pieces, wood, extending, before.
Hame
noun · 78% connection
One of the two curved pieces of wood or metal, in the harness of a draught horse, to which the traces are fastened. They are fitted up…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long, pieces, wood, extending, before.
Hitch
verb · 78% connection
To move with hitches; as, he hitched his chair nearer.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long, pieces, wood, extending, before.
Key
noun · 78% connection
A bar, pin or wedge, to secure a crank, pulley, coupling, etc., upon a shaft, and prevent relative turning; sometimes holding by frict…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long, pieces, wood, extending, before.
Lever
noun · 78% connection
An arm on a rock shaft, to give motion to the shaft or to obtain motion from it.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long, pieces, wood, extending, before.
Long
adjective · 78% connection
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long, pieces, wood, extending, before.
Long-lived
adjective · 78% connection
Having a long life; having constitutional peculiarities which make long life probable; lasting long; as, a long-lived tree; they are a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long, pieces, wood, extending, before.
Pole
noun · 78% connection
A long, slender piece of wood; a tall, slender piece of timber; the stem of a small tree whose branches have been removed; as, specifi…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long, pieces, wood, extending, before.
Poler
noun · 78% connection
a draft horse harnessed alongside the shaft or pole of a vehicle
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long, pieces, wood, extending, before.
