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Spring :: Spring (v. t.) To bend by force, as something stiff or strong; to force or put by bending, as a beam into its sockets, and allowing it to straighten when in place; -- often with in, out, etc.; as, to spring in a slat or a bar..

Unsocket :: Unsocket (v. t.) To loose or take from a socket.

Gomphiasis :: Gomphiasis (n.) A disease of the teeth, which causes them to loosen and fall out of their sockets..

Odontotormae :: Odontotormae (n.pl.) An order of extinct toothed birds having the teeth in sockets, as in the genus Ichthyornis. See Ichthyornis..

Tonophant :: Tonophant (n.) A modification of the kaleidophon, for showing composition of acoustic vibrations. It consists of two thin slips of steel welded together, their length being adjystable by a screw socket..

Tussocky :: Tussocky (a.) Having the form of tussocks; full of, or covered with, tussocks, or tufts..

Tut :: Tut (n.) A hassock.

Collet :: Collet (n.) A small metal ring; a small collar fastened on an arbor; as, the collet on the balance arbor of a watch; a small socket on a stem, for holding a drill..

Gipoun :: Gipoun (n.) A short cassock.

Drumhead :: Drumhead (n.) The top of a capstan which is pierced with sockets for levers used in turning it. See Illust. of Capstan.

Rhizodont :: Rhizodont (n.) A reptile whose teeth are rooted in sockets, as the crocodile..

Saucer :: Saucer (n.) A shallow socket for the pivot of a capstan.

Cockeye :: Cockeye (n.) The socket in the ball of a millstone, which sits on the cockhead..

Alveolar :: Alveolar (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, alveoli or little cells, sacs, or sockets..

Heel :: Heel (n.) The hinder part of any covering for the foot, as of a shoe, sock, etc.; specif., a solid part projecting downward from the hinder part of the sole of a boot or shoe..

Ginglymodi :: Ginglymodi (n.) An order of ganoid fishes, including the modern gar pikes and many allied fossil forms. They have rhombic, ganoid scales, a heterocercal tail, paired fins without an axis, fulcra on the fins, and a bony skeleton, with the vertebrae convex in front and concave behind, forming a ball and socket joint. See Ganoidel..

Dovetail :: Dovetail (n.) A flaring tenon, or tongue (shaped like a bird's tail spread), and a mortise, or socket, into which it fits tightly, making an interlocking joint between two pieces which resists pulling a part in all directions except one..

Sock :: Sock (n.) A knit or woven covering for the foot and lower leg; a stocking with a short leg.

Circumferentor :: Circumferentor (n.) A surveying instrument, for taking horizontal angles and bearings; a surveyor's compass. It consists of a compass whose needle plays over a circle graduated to 360¡, and of a horizontal brass bar at the ends of which are standards with narrow slits for sighting, supported on a tripod by a ball and socket joint..

Bassock :: Bassock (n.) A hassock. See 2d Bass, 2..

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