v
(obsolete) To clip; to mow.
n
The bevelled front edge of an axehead along which the cutting edge runs.
n
A flat bone, especially the shoulder blade.
n
(surgery) A hole drilled into the cranium
n
(US carpentry) A small crowbar with a handle at a right angle to a blade with a V-shaped notch, principally used by carpenters to remove nails.
n
One of the pieces of a machine, or of timber or stonework, that form corresponding sides or a similar pair.
n
The part of the body that houses a mammal's claw.
n
A shave that is very short or near the skin.
n
A pair of long-beaked forceps.
n
Alternative form of dewclaw [A vestigial digit, hoof or claw that does not reach the ground.]
n
A vestigial digit, hoof or claw that does not reach the ground.
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Obsolete form of eatche (“adze”). [(Scotland) Synonym of adze.]
adj
Forked or branched like a pair of forceps; constructed so as to open and shut.
n
The jaws between which the hind end of a carriage tongue is inserted.
v
To pierce or bore holes (as if using a gimlet).
n
Synonym of haglet (“the bird”)
n
(nautical) An ugly irregularity in the pattern of matting or pointing.
adj
Pinned to something by piercing.
n
The flattened, cut-off end of a branch or tree; a stump or sawn-off cross-section.
adj
Having prominent knuckles.
v
To roll or press a pattern of ridges or indentations into a part for grip.
adj
Having a head like that of a nail.
v
To use or affix by norsel.
n
(chiefly Scotland, historical) A torture device for squeezing the fingers; a thumbscrew.
v
Alternative form of pincushion [(transitive, also figuratively) To jab or stick repeatedly with one or more sharp objects, as with pins into a pincushion.]
v
(transitive, also figuratively) To jab or stick repeatedly with one or more sharp objects, as with pins into a pincushion.
n
A spike for holding a single candle.
n
(obsolete) a spinning top
n
A thin, pointed, projecting part, as of an antler or a fork or similar tool. A tine.
n
(obsolete) The collective noun for cobras.
n
(by extension) Anything cast or thrown as a spear or javelin.
n
(art) A kind of artwork, introduced by Daniel Spoerri, in which objects found in chance positions (such as cutlery and crockery after a meal) are permanently fixed in those positions.
n
A long nail for storing papers by skewering them; (by extension) the metaphorical place where rejected newspaper articles are sent.
n
A brad, or nail without a head.
n
A wound caused by stabbing.
n
A small object that protrudes from something; an ornamental knob.
n
(obsolete) A small knife; a whittle.
n
A prong or something projecting like a prong; an animal's horn; a branch or limb of a tree; a protruding arm.
n
A long narrow smooth piece of wood designed to depress the tongue, to allow for examination of the rear of the oral cavity.
n
A small projection on a (tusk) tenon.
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