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Bilbo :: Bilbo (n.) A long bar or bolt of iron with sliding shackles, and a lock at the end, to confine the feet of prisoners or offenders, esp. on board of ships..

Launch :: Launch (v. i.) To move with force and swiftness like a sliding from the stocks into the water; to plunge; to make a beginning; as, to launch into the current of a stream; to launch into an argument or discussion; to launch into lavish expenditures; -- often with out..

Stop :: Stop (n.) A member, plain or molded, formed of a separate piece and fixed to a jamb, against which a door or window shuts. This takes the place, or answers the purpose, of a rebate. Also, a pin or block to prevent a drawer from sliding too far..

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

Tailstock :: Tailstock (n.) The sliding block or support, in a lathe, which carries the dead spindle, or adjustable center. The headstock supports the live spindle..

Slide :: Slide (n.) That on which anything moves by sliding.

Throw :: Throw (n.) The extreme movement given to a sliding or vibrating reciprocating piece by a cam, crank, eccentric, or the like; travel; stroke; as, the throw of a slide valve. Also, frequently, the length of the radius of a crank, or the eccentricity of an eccentric; as, the throw of the crank of a steam engine is equal to half the stroke of the piston..

Cornet-a-piston :: Cornet-a-piston (n.) A brass wind instrument, like the trumpet, furnished with valves moved by small pistons or sliding rods; a cornopean; a cornet..

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..

Backsliding :: Backsliding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Backslid.

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

Traverse :: Traverse (a.) A barrier, sliding door, movable screen, curtain, or the like..

Cam :: Cam (n.) A turning or sliding piece which, by the shape of its periphery or face, or a groove in its surface, imparts variable or intermittent motion to, or receives such motion from, a rod, lever, or block brought into sliding or rolling contact with it..

Recidivation :: Recidivation (n.) A falling back; a backsliding.

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

Slot :: Slot (n.) A narrow depression, perforation, or aperture; esp., one for the reception of a piece fitting or sliding in it..

Shoe :: Shoe (n.) A drag, or sliding piece of wood or iron, placed under the wheel of a loaded vehicle, to retard its motion in going down a hill..

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..

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

Sliding :: Sliding (a.) That slides or slips; gliding; moving smoothly.

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