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Kaleidophone :: Kaleidophone () An instrument invented by Professor Wheatstone, consisting of a reflecting knob at the end of a vibrating rod or thin plate, for making visible, in the motion of a point of light reflected from the knob, the paths or curves corresponding with the musical notes produced by the vibrations..

Platten :: Platten (a.) To flatten and make into sheets or plates; as, to platten cylinder glass..

Ridgeplate :: Ridgeplate (n.) See Ridgepole.

Escutcheon :: Escutcheon (n.) A thin metal plate or shield to protect wood, or for ornament, as the shield around a keyhole..

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

Testudinata :: Testudinata (n. pl.) An order of reptiles which includes the turtles and tortoises. The body is covered by a shell consisting of an upper or dorsal shell, called the carapace, and a lower or ventral shell, called the plastron, each of which consists of several plates..

Drawbench :: Drawbench (n.) A machine in which strips of metal are drawn through a drawplate; especially, one in which wire is thus made; -- also called drawing bench..

Batter :: Batter (v. t.) A bruise on the face of a plate or of type in the form.

Plate :: Plate (n.) Metallic armor composed of broad pieces.

Patina :: Patina (n.) A dish or plate of metal or earthenware; a patella.

Service :: Service (n.) The act and manner of bringing food to the persons who eat it; order of dishes at table; also, a set or number of vessels ordinarily used at table; as, the service was tardy and awkward; a service of plate or glass..

Thorax :: Thorax (n.) A breastplate, cuirass, or corselet; especially, the breastplate worn by the ancient Greeks..

Fish :: Fish (v. t.) To strengthen (a beam, mast, etc.), or unite end to end (two timbers, railroad rails, etc.) by bolting a plank, timber, or plate to the beam, mast, or timbers, lengthwise on one or both sides. See Fish joint, under Fish, n..

Saw :: Saw (n.) An instrument for cutting or dividing substances, as wood, iron, etc., consisting of a thin blade, or plate, of steel, with a series of sharp teeth on the edge, which remove successive portions of the material by cutting and tearing..

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..

Pack :: Pack (n.) A bundle of sheet-iron plates for rolling simultaneously.

Clypeate :: Clypeate (a.) Furnished with a shield, or a protective plate or shell..

Clypeus :: Clypeus (n.) The frontal plate of the head of an insect.

Synaptase :: Synapta (n.) A genus of slender, transparent holothurians which have delicate calcareous anchors attached to the dermal plates. See Illustration in Appendix..

Frog :: Frog (n.) A supporting plate having raised ribs that form continuations of the rails, to guide the wheels where one track branches from another or crosses it..

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