Thrusting: alternatives and connections

To thrust away.

The solid part of a pier or wall, etc., which receives the thrust or lateral pressure of an arch, vault, or strut.

A thrust or pass; a lunge.

In the manner of a tilter; in the position, or with the action, of one making a thrust.

To thrust forward (at a venture), as a spear.

A dungeon or dark cell in a prison; a military lock-up or guardroom; -- now commonly with allusion to the cell (the Black Hole) in a f…

To poke; to thrust.

A push, thrust, or sudden blow, given by the head of an animal; as, the butt of a ram.

To thrust the head forward; to strike by thrusting the head forward, as an ox or a ram. [See Butt, n.]

A steel cutting instrument, with a long bent shank set in a handle which rests against the shoulder of the operator. It is operated by…

A projecting mass of masonry, used for resisting the thrust of an arch, or for ornament and symmetry.

A sudden thrust, push, kick, or other impulse, producing a bias or change of direction; also, the bias or turn so give; as, to give a…

That which drives or carries; as: (a) A piece which communicates to an object in a lathe the motion of the face plate; a lathe dog. (b…

To thrust oakum into (seams or chinks) with a chisel , the point of a knife, or a chinsing iron; to calk slightly.

To thrust, drive, put, or close, in a hasty or abrupt manner; -- often followed by to, into, on, or upon.

To obtrude or thrust in, by falsehood or deception; as, to cog in a word; to palm off.

To thrust, drive, or press closely together; to join firmly; to consolidate; to make close; -- as the parts which compose a body.

To strike by a thrust; to hit with a sudden blow or thrust.