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Properate :: Properate (v. t. & i.) To hasten, or press forward..

Operate :: Operate (v. i.) To perform a work or labor; to exert power or strengh, physical or mechanical; to act..

Butteris :: Butteris (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 thrust movement, and used in paring the hoofs of horses..

Pull :: Pull (v. t.) To move or operate by the motion of drawing towards one; as, to pull a bell; to pull an oar..

Feeder :: Feeder (n.) An auxiliary part of a machine which supplies or leads along the material operated upon.

Operation :: Operation (n.) That which is operated or accomplished; an effect brought about in accordance with a definite plan; as, military or naval operations..

Chuck :: Chuck (n.) A contrivance or machine fixed to the mandrel of a lathe, for holding a tool or the material to be operated upon..

Wire-puller :: Wire-puller (n.) One who pulls the wires, as of a puppet; hence, one who operates by secret means; an intriguer..

Machiner :: Machiner (n.) One who or operates a machine; a machinist.

Operate :: Operate (v. i.) To perform some manual act upon a human body in a methodical manner, and usually with instruments, with a view to restore soundness or health, as in amputation, lithotomy, etc..

Serve :: Serve (v. t.) To work; to operate; as, to serve the guns..

Operate :: Operate (v. i.) To deal in stocks or any commodity with a view to speculative profits.

Cooperate :: Cooperate (v. i.) To act or operate jointly with another or others; to concur in action, effort, or effect..

Work :: Work (n.) To act or operate on the stomach and bowels, as a cathartic..

Mechanical :: Mechanical (a.) Made and operated by interaction of forces without a directing intelligence; as, a mechanical universe..

Work :: Work (v. t.) To labor or operate upon; to give exertion and effort to; to prepare for use, or to utilize, by labor..

Jack :: "Jack (n.) A portable machine variously constructed, for exerting great pressure, or lifting or moving a heavy body through a small distance. It consists of a lever, screw, rack and pinion, hydraulic press, or any simple combination of mechanical powers, working in a compact pedestal or support and operated by a lever, crank, capstan bar, etc. The name is often given to a jackscrew, which is a kind of jack..

Ecraseur :: Ecraseur (n.) An instrument intended to replace the knife in many operations, the parts operated on being severed by the crushing effect produced by the gradual tightening of a steel chain, so that hemorrhage rarely follows..

Onager :: Onager (n.) A military engine acting like a sling, which threw stones from a bag or wooden bucket, and was operated by machinery..

Tilter :: Tilter (n.) One who operates a tilt hammer.

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