Definition of sledge

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Sledge (n.) A hurdle on which, formerly, traitors were drawn to the place of execution..

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Dray :: Dray (n.) A kind of sledge or sled.
Pulkha :: Pulkha (n.) A Laplander's traveling sledge. See Sledge.
Dan :: Dan (n.) A small truck or sledge used in coal mines.
Sledge :: Sledge (n.) A strong vehicle with low runners or low wheels; or one without wheels or runners, made of plank slightly turned up at one end, used for transporting loads upon the snow, ice, or bare ground; a sled..
Sledge :: Sledge (v. i. & t.) To travel or convey in a sledge or sledges.
Sledged :: Sledged (imp. & p. p.) of Sledg.
Striker :: Striker (n.) One who, or that which, strikes; specifically, a blacksmith's helper who wields the sledge..
Sledge :: Sledge (v. t.) A large, heavy hammer, usually wielded with both hands; -- called also sledge hammer..
Byard :: Byard (n.) A piece of leather crossing the breast, used by the men who drag sledges in coal mines..
Sled :: Sled (n.) A vehicle on runners, used for conveying loads over the snow or ice; -- in England called sledge..
Peen :: Peen (v. t.) To draw, bend, or straighten, as metal, by blows with the peen of a hammer or sledge..
Sledge :: Sledge (n.) A game at cards; -- called also old sledge, and all fours..
Sledge :: Sledge (n.) A hurdle on which, formerly, traitors were drawn to the place of execution..
Drag :: Drag (v. t.) A kind of sledge for conveying heavy bodies; also, a kind of low car or handcart; as, a stone drag..
About-sledge :: About-sledge (n.) The largest hammer used by smiths.
Toboggan :: Toboggan (n.) A kind of sledge made of pliable board, turned up at one or both ends, used for coasting down hills or prepared inclined planes; also, a sleigh or sledge, to be drawn by dogs, or by hand, over soft and deep snow..
Slipes :: Slipes (v.) Sledge runners on which a skip is dragged in a mine.
Peen :: Peen (n.) A round-edged, or hemispherical, end to the head of a hammer or sledge, used to stretch or bend metal by indentation..
Uphand :: Uphand (a.) Lifted by the hand, or by both hands; as, the uphand sledge..
Swage :: Swage (n.) A tool, variously shaped or grooved on the end or face, used by blacksmiths and other workers in metals, for shaping their work, whether sheet metal or forging, by holding the swage upon the work, or the work upon the swage, and striking with a sledge..
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