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A guide attached to the slide rest of a lathe, and placed in contact with the work to steady it in turning.
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(construction) Synonym of batten (“strip of wood used to hold things together or provide a fixing point”)
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A peg placed in a hole in a workbench to clamp a workpiece in place
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The perforated plate in a punching machine on which anything rests when being punched.
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A bar of wood or metal dropped in horizontal hooks on a door and adjoining wall or between the two sides of a double door, to prevent the door(s) from being forced open.
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Alternative spelling of brake shoe [(mechanical engineering) An element of a drum brake into which the friction-producing brake lining is attached.]
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Alternative form of bridgewire [A relatively thin resistance wire used that is heated by electric current to set off a pyrotechnic composition.]
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Any of a set of metal bars fitted over doors or windows to prevent breaking and entering.
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(carpentry) The part of a mortised timber surrounding the mortise, and against which the shoulders of the tenon bear.
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(carpentry) A kind of hinge used in hanging doors, etc., so named because it is attached to the inside edge of the door and butts against the casing, instead of on its face, like the strap hinge; also called butt hinge.
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(carpentry) A kind of hinge used in hanging doors, lid, covers, etc.; so named because fastened on the edge of the door, which butts against the frame, stop molding, and casing, instead of on its face, like the strap hinge; also called butt.
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A piece of wood or metal, usually flat and elongated, turning on a nail or screw, to fasten something, such as a door.
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An assembly of two or more cable-laid ropes.
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A rectangular piece of metal with one or more holes into which a pin or tenon (of a lock or other mechanism) fits
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A series of related items.
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A series of interconnected rings or links usually made of metal.
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(architecture) A tie consisting of a series of connected iron bars or rods.
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A guard which fits around the chain of a bicycle to protect it from dirt and other environmental hazards, and to protect operators from dirt and danger of trapping.
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A tool use to add a link to a chain
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A device used to connect conveyor belts travelling in different directions in automated sortation
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A piece of wood (batten) across the grain of a board end to keep it flat, as in a breadboard.
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A device that allows a door to be partially opened from the inside, whilst preventing it from being fully opened from the outside
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The jamb or sidepiece of a door.
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The cover mounted on a swivel over a keyhole that rests over the keyhole when not in use to keep out debris, but is swiveled out of the way before inserting the key.
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(roofing) A cleat designed to accommodate thermal movement of metal roof panels.
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The path a fence takes through a landscape; a long, usually straight, section of fence.
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A tool designed specifically to drive a nail at about a 45-degree angle into the tongue of a tongue-and-groove board used for flooring, the hammer blow simultaneously pressing the board against its previously nailed match and fastening the board to subflooring.
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To truss or hang up by means of a gambrel.
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(UK, Australia, New Zealand) A knob that forms the handle for the gear lever on a car with manual transmission.
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Alternative form of Gunter's chain [A sixty-six-foot-long (i.e. four-rod-long) surveyor's chain divided into one hundred links.]
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A hinge shaped like the capital letter H, used on flush-mounted doors.
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(carpentry) The stile that bears the hinges of a gate.
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A rim or margin of something.
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A beam or bar armed with iron spikes, and turning on a pivot, used to block up a passage.
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A jointed or flexible device that allows the pivoting of a door etc.
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A part used in the fitting of axleboxes.
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Alternative spelling of keychain [A chain or ring to which a key may be attached.]
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The hole in a lock where the key is inserted and turns.
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A plate mounted to a door and containing the keyhole.
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(science fiction) A long thin piece of material that serves to operate a lock.
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(dentistry) A slot into which a precision attachment (a key) is fitted.
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A usually metal strip mounted at the base of a door to prevent scuffing.
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A rod-like protrusion from an inanimate object, such as a piece of furniture, supporting it from underneath.
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(woodworking) A cast-iron wheel, consisting of wooden clogs inserted in mortises on its face or edge.
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A piece of dimensional lumber and/or plywood secured to the deck or wall which provides a receiving medium for the fasteners. (Sometimes referred to as blocking.)
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(hardware) A bar or shaft with an aperture for a bolt or threaded rod to attach to or pass through.
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A tool for opening a locked door by turning an inner key from the outside.
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The process of physically tying additional cables to the cables that are already attached to a utility pole.
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(film) One of a set of blocks for raising the height of a person or equipment.
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(surveying) A place where several surveyors have set markers, all purporting to mark the same property corner.
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(construction) A block of wood let into a wall to afford a hold for nails.
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A simple form of lathe, or a substitute for a lathe, in which the work is turned by means of a cord passing around it, one end being fastened to the treadle, and the other to an elastic pole above.
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(architecture) Alternative form of putlog [(architecture) One of the short pieces of timber on which the planks forming the floor of a scaffold are laid, one end resting on the ledger of the scaffold, and the other in a hole left in the wall temporarily for the purpose.]
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To adapt a piece of iron to the woodwork of a gate.
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An edge around something, especially when circular.
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A tool for shaping the rimes of a ladder.
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To unite, as two pieces of timber or metal, by a scarf joint.
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(architecture) A masonry abutment on an arch that is wedge-shaped in order to transmit the thrust downward.
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To overlap boards by this means.
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A rod which turns, or on which something turns.
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(engineering) To fasten to or together with a spline.
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(elliptically and in attributive use as “splocket wheel”) A wheel with projections from its rim that fit and interact with the links of a chain.
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One of a set of U-shaped metal rods hammered into a structure, such as a piling or wharf, which serve as a ladder.
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A metal plate affixed to a doorjamb that holds the door closed when the door bolt is extended into a hole, protecting the jamb against friction from the bolt.
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The plate against which the latch of a door lock strikes as the door is closed.
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lathework in which the cuts are inclined to the axis of rotation
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(architecture) To hold by the end; said of a timber when it rests upon a wall or other support; with in or into
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(construction) A wire or bar used to strengthen prestressed concrete.
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Alternative form of tie rod [A slender metal rod used to support or reinforce part of a structure by connecting two pieces.]
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(construction) Having the end secured by nails driven obliquely; said of a board, plank, or joist serving as a brace, and in general of any part of a frame secured to other parts by diagonal nailing.
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A horizontal piece of wood that is placed on a door, flat, or other wooden structure, but is not on one of the edges of the structure.
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A hinged or sliding door set into a floor or ceiling.
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Alternative form of tripwire [A cord or wire arranged so that when snagged or pulled by an intruder, it will trigger a detector or trap or a device, such as a land mine.]
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A simple fastener, for a door or window, consisting of a short bar that rotates about a pivot attached to the frame
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Things or forms made by a turner, or in the lathe.
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A vertical cylindrical revolving tool-holder for bringing different tools into action successively in a machine, as in a lathe.
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Alternative form of watchchain [A chain attached to a watch.]
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(slang) The special effects-enhanced martial arts seen in movies, especially those where wires are used to suspend the actors in physically impossible positions.
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Alternative form of wiretap [To install or to use such a connection.]
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Alternative spelling of zip-wire [Synonym of zipline]
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