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Whipsaw

A saw for dividing timber lengthwise, usually set in a frame, and worked by two persons; also, a fret saw.

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Cheat 76% connected

An act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of fraud or deception; a fraud; a trick; imposition; imposture.

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Chisel 76% connected

A tool with a cutting edge on one end of a metal blade, used in dressing, shaping, or working in timber, stone, metal, etc.; -- usually driven by a m…

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Saw 76% connected

imp. of See.

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Buckle noun · 78% connection

A device, usually of metal, consisting of a frame with one more movable tongues or catches, used for fastening things together, as par…

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Carling noun · 78% connection

A short timber running lengthwise of a ship, from one transverse desk beam to another; also, one of the cross timbers that strengthen…

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Coriolis force noun · 78% connection

(physics) a force due to the earth's rotation; acts on a body in motion (airplane or projectile) in a rotating reference frame; in a r…

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Crib noun · 78% connection

A structure or frame of timber for a foundation, or for supporting a roof, or for lining a shaft.

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Curb noun · 78% connection

A frame or wall round the mouth of a well; also, a frame within a well to prevent the earth caving in.

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Dagger noun · 78% connection

A timber placed diagonally in a ship's frame.

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Fish verb · 78% connection

To strengthen (a beam, mast, etc.), or unite end to end (two timbers, railroad rails, etc.) by bolting a plank, timber, or plate to th…

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Frame noun · 78% connection

A term applied, especially in England, to certain machines built upon or within framework; as, a stocking frame; lace frame; spinning…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: dividing, timber, lengthwise, frame, worked.
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Framing noun · 78% connection

The act, process, or style of putting together a frame, or of constructing anything; a frame; that which frames.

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Fret verb · 78% connection

To rub; to wear away by friction; to chafe; to gall; hence, to eat away; to gnaw; as, to fret cloth; to fret a piece of gold or other…

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Gallows n. sing. · 78% connection

A frame from which is suspended the rope with which criminals are executed by hanging, usually consisting of two upright posts and a c…

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Gill noun · 78% connection

A two-wheeled frame for transporting timber.

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Hack noun · 78% connection

A frame or grating of various kinds; as, a frame for drying bricks, fish, or cheese; a rack for feeding cattle; a grating in a mill ra…

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Half-timbered adjective · 78% connection

Constructed of a timber frame, having the spaces filled in with masonry; -- said of buildings.

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Heel noun · 78% connection

The lower end of a timber in a frame, as a post or rafter. In the United States, specif., the obtuse angle of the lower end of a rafte…

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Hogframe noun · 78% connection

A trussed frame extending fore and aft, usually above deck, and intended to increase the longitudinal strength and stiffness. Used chi…

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Horse noun · 78% connection

A frame of timber, shaped like a horse, on which soldiers were made to ride for punishment.

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Inwrought p. p. / a. · 78% connection

Wrought or worked in or among other things; worked into any fabric so as to from a part of its texture; wrought or adorned, as with fi…

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