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Drawer :: Drawer (n.) A sliding box or receptacle in a case, which is opened by pulling or drawing out, and closed by pushing in..

Slide :: Slide (n.) An inclined plane on which heavy bodies slide by the force of gravity, esp. one constructed on a mountain side for conveying logs by sliding them down..

Slickensides :: Slickensides (n.) The smooth, striated, or partially polished surfaces of a fissure or seam, supposed to have been produced by the sliding of one surface on another..

Relapse :: Relapse (v.) A sliding or falling back, especially into a former bad state, either of body or morals; backsliding; the state of having fallen back..

Slipper :: Slipper (n.) A piece, usually a plate, applied to a sliding piece, to receive wear and afford a means of adjustment; -- also called shoe, and gib..

Coasting :: Coasting (n.) Sliding down hill; sliding on a sled upon snow or ice.

Slur :: Slur (v. t.) To cheat, as by sliding a die; to trick..

Outslide :: Outslide (v. i.) To slide outward, onward, or forward; to advance by sliding..

Avalanche :: Avalanche (n.) A large mass or body of snow and ice sliding swiftly down a mountain side, or falling down a precipice..

Grouser :: Grouser (n.) A pointed timber attached to a boat and sliding vertically, to thrust into the ground as a means of anchorage..

Roulette :: Roulette (n.) the curve traced by any point in the plane of a given curve when the latter rolls, without sliding, over another fixed curve. See Cycloid, and Epycycloid..

Joggle :: "Joggle (v. t.) To join by means of joggles, so as to prevent sliding apart; sometimes, loosely, to dowel..

Screw :: Screw (n.) A cylinder, or a cylindrical perforation, having a continuous rib, called the thread, winding round it spirally at a constant inclination, so as to leave a continuous spiral groove between one turn and the next, -- used chiefly for producing, when revolved, motion or pressure in the direction of its axis, by the sliding of the threads of the cylinder in the grooves between the threads of the perforation adapted to it, the former being distinguished as the external, or male screw, or,

Target :: Target (n.) The sliding crosspiece, or vane, on a leveling staff..

Telescopical :: Telescopical (a.) Having the power of extension by joints sliding one within another, like the tube of a small telescope or a spyglass; especially (Mach.), constructed of concentric tubes, either stationary, as in the telescopic boiler, or movable, as in the telescopic chimney of a war vessel, which may be put out of sight by being lowered endwise..

Slider :: Slider (n.) One who, or that which, slides; especially, a sliding part of an instrument or machine..

Linchpin :: Linchpin (n.) A pin used to prevent the wheel of a vehicle from sliding off the axletree.

Register :: Register (n.) A lid, stopper, or sliding plate, in a furnace, stove, etc., for regulating the admission of air to the fuel; also, an arrangement containing dampers or shutters, as in the floor or wall of a room or passage, or in a chimney, for admitting or excluding heated air, or for regulating ventilation..

Underhung :: Underhung (a.) Resting on a track at the bottom, instead of being suspended; -- said of a sliding door..

Skee :: Skee (n.) A long strip of wood, curved upwards in front, used on the foot for sliding..

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