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Etch :: Etch (v. t.) To subject to etching; to draw upon and bite with acid, as a plate of metal..

Pygal :: Pygal (a.) Situated in the region of the rump, or posterior end of the backbone; -- applied especially to the posterior median plates in the carapace of chelonians..

Poitrel :: Poitrel (a.) The breastplate of the armor of a horse. See Peytrel.

Moton :: Moton (n.) A small plate covering the armpit in armor of the 14th century and later.

Pterygomaxillary :: Pterygomaxillary (a.) Of or pertaining to the inner pterygoid plate, or pterygoid bone, and the lower jaw..

Lithotype :: Lithotype (n.) A kind of stereotype plate made by lithotypy; also, that which in printed from it. See Lithotypy..

Onward :: Onward (a.) Moving in a forward direction; tending toward a contemplated or desirable end; forward; as, an onward course, progress, etc..

Breastplate :: Breastplate (n.) A plate of metal covering the breast as defensive armor.

Phototype :: Phototype (n.) A plate or block with a printing surface (usually in relief) obtained from a photograph; also, any one of the many methods of processes by which such a printing surface is obtained..

Chape :: Chape (n.) The metal plate or tip which protects the end of a scabbard, belt, etc..

Plater :: Plater (n.) A machine for calendering paper.

Driver :: Driver (n.) An attachment to a lathe, spindle, or face plate to turn a carrier..

Meditate :: Meditate (v. t.) To contemplate; to keep the mind fixed upon; to study.

Selvedge :: Selvedge (n.) The edge plate of a lock, through which the bolt passes..

Woodbury-type :: Woodbury-type (n.) A process in photographic printing, in which a relief pattern in gelatin, which has been hardened after certain operations, is pressed upon a plate of lead or other soft metal. An intaglio impression in thus produced, from which pictures may be directly printed, but by a slower process than in common printing..

Palette :: Palette (n.) One of the plates covering the points of junction at the bend of the shoulders and elbows.

Albertype :: Albertype (n.) A picture printed from a kind of gelatine plate produced by means of a photographic negative.

Testiere :: Testiere (n.) A piece of plate armor for the head of a war horse; a tester.

Clock :: Clock (n.) A machine for measuring time, indicating the hour and other divisions by means of hands moving on a dial plate. Its works are moved by a weight or a spring, and it is often so constructed as to tell the hour by the stroke of a hammer on a bell. It is not adapted, like the watch, to be carried on the person..

Corrugate :: Corrugate (v. t.) To form or shape into wrinkles or folds, or alternate ridges and grooves, as by drawing, contraction, pressure, bending, or otherwise; to wrinkle; to purse up; as, to corrugate plates of iron; to corrugate the forehead..

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