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Rolling :: Rolling (a.) Rotating on an axis, or moving along a surface by rotation; turning over and over as if on an axis or a pivot; as, a rolling wheel or ball..

Trochoid :: Trochoid (a.) Admitting of rotation on an axis; -- sometimes applied to a pivot joint like that between the atlas and axis in the vertebral column.

Cockhead :: Cockhead (n.) The rounded or pointed top of a grinding mill spindle, forming a pivot on which the stone is balanced..

Shears :: Shears (n.) An instrument consisting of two blades, commonly with bevel edges, connected by a pivot, and working on both sides of the material to be cut, -- used for cutting cloth and other substances..

Saucer :: Saucer (n.) A shallow socket for the pivot of a capstan.

Pivoting :: Pivoting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pivo.

Singletree :: Singletree (n.) The pivoted or swinging bar to which the traces of a harnessed horse are fixed; a whiffletree.

Monitor :: Monitor (n.) A tool holder, as for a lathe, shaped like a low turret, and capable of being revolved on a vertical pivot so as to bring successively the several tools in holds into proper position for cutting..

Pintle :: Pintle (n.) An upright pivot pi.

Fan :: Fan (n.) An instrument for cooling the person, made of feathers, paper, silk, etc., and often mounted on sticks all turning about the same pivot, so as when opened to radiate from the center and assume the figure of a section of a circle..

Guide :: Guide (v. t.) A noncommissioned officer or soldier placed on the directiug flank of each subdivision of a column of troops, or at the end of a line, to mark the pivots, formations, marches, and alignments in tactics..

Gudgeon :: Gudgeon (n.) The pin of iron fastened in the end of a wooden shaft or axle, on which it turns; formerly, any journal, or pivot, or bearing, as the pintle and eye of a hinge, but esp. the end journal of a horizontal..

Pivoted :: Pivoted (imp. & p. p.) of Pivo.

Pivot :: Pivot (v. t.) To place on a pivot.

Pintle :: Pintle (n.) A pivot about which the chassis swings, in some kinds of gun carriages..

Swing :: Swing (n.) The act of swinging; a waving, oscillating, or vibratory motion of a hanging or pivoted object; oscillation; as, the swing of a pendulum..

Broach :: Broach (n.) A tool of steel, generally tapering, and of a polygonal form, with from four to eight cutting edges, for smoothing or enlarging holes in metal; sometimes made smooth or without edges, as for burnishing pivot holes in watches; a reamer. The broach for gun barrels is commonly square and without taper..

Turn :: Turn (v. i.) To move round; to have a circular motion; to revolve entirely, repeatedly, or partially; to change position, so as to face differently; to whirl or wheel round; as, a wheel turns on its axis; a spindle turns on a pivot; a man turns on his heel..

Run :: Run (a.) To turn, as a wheel; to revolve on an axis or pivot; as, a wheel runs swiftly round..

Padlock :: Padlock (n.) A portable lock with a bow which is usually jointed or pivoted at one end so that it can be opened, the other end being fastened by the bolt, -- used for fastening by passing the bow through a staple over a hasp or through the links of a chain, etc..

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