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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..

Swivel-eyed :: Swivel (v. i.) To swing or turn, as on a pin or pivot..

Axis :: Axis (n.) Also used of the body only of the vertebra, which is prolonged anteriorly within the foramen of the first vertebra or atlas, so as to form the odontoid process or peg which serves as a pivot for the atlas and head to turn upon..

Pintle :: Pintle (n.) The pivot pin of a hinge.

Potance :: Potance (n.) The stud in which the bearing for the lower pivot of the verge is made.

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..

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

Pivot :: Pivot (n.) A fixed pin or short axis, on the end of which a wheel or other body turns..

Whirligig :: Whirligig (n.) A mediaeval instrument for punishing petty offenders, being a kind of wooden cage turning on a pivot, in which the offender was whirled round with great velocity..

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

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

Pivot :: Pivot (n.) The end of a shaft or arbor which rests and turns in a support; as, the pivot of an arbor in a watch..

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

Recipiangle :: Recipiangle (n.) An instrument with two arms that are pivoted together at one end, and a graduated arc, -- used by military engineers for measuring and laying off angles of fortifications..

Rowlock :: Rowlock (n.) A contrivance or arrangement serving as a fulcrum for an oar in rowing. It consists sometimes of a notch in the gunwale of a boat, sometimes of a pair of pins between which the oar rests on the edge of the gunwale, sometimes of a single pin passing through the oar, or of a metal fork or stirrup pivoted in the gunwale and suporting the oar..

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..

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

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..

Cradle :: Cradle (n.) A bed or cot for a baby, oscillating on rockers or swinging on pivots; hence, the place of origin, or in which anything is nurtured or protected in the earlier period of existence; as, a cradle of crime; the cradle of liberty..

Cock :: Cock (n.) The bridge piece which affords a bearing for the pivot of a balance in a clock or watch.

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