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Firmer-chisel :: Firmer-chisel (n.) A chisel, thin in proportion to its width. It has a tang to enter the handle instead of a socket for receiving it..

Socket :: Socket (n.) Especially, the hollow tube or place in which a candle is fixed in the candlestick..

Swifter :: Swifter (n.) A rope used to retain the bars of the capstan in their sockets while men are turning it.

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

Bridgetree :: Bridgetree (n.) The beam which supports the spindle socket of the runner in a grinding mill.

Pedestal :: Pedestal (n.) An iron socket, or support, for the foot of a brace at the end of a truss where it rests on a pier..

Acetabulum :: Acetabulum (n.) A vinegar cup; socket of the hip bone; a measure of about one eighth of a pint, etc..

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

Arthrodia :: Arthrodia (n.) A form of diarthrodial articulation in which the articular surfaces are nearly flat, so that they form only an imperfect ball and socket..

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

Socketed :: Socketed (a.) Having a socket.

Capstan :: Capstan (n.) A vertical cleated drum or cylinder, revolving on an upright spindle, and surmounted by a drumhead with sockets for bars or levers. It is much used, especially on shipboard, for moving or raising heavy weights or exerting great power by traction upon a rope or cable, passing around the drum. It is operated either by steam power or by a number of men walking around the capstan, each pushing on the end of a lever fixed in its socket..

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

Alveoliform :: Alveoliform (a.) Having the form of alveoli, or little sockets, cells, or cavities..

Shoe :: Shoe (n.) An iron socket to protect the point of a wooden pile.

Socket :: Socket (n.) An opening into which anything is fitted; any hollow thing or place which receives and holds something else; as, the sockets of the teeth..

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..

Ichthyornis :: Ichthyornis (n.) An extinct genus of toothed birds found in the American Cretaceous formation. It is remarkable for having biconcave vertebrae, and sharp, conical teeth set in sockets. Its wings were well developed. It is the type of the order Odontotormae..

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

Joint :: "Joint (n.) A joining of two things or parts so as to admit of motion; an articulation, whether movable or not; a hinge; as, the knee joint; a node or joint of a stem; a ball and socket joint. See Articulation..

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