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Pickaxe :: Pickaxe (n.) A pick with a point at one end, a transverse edge or blade at the other, and a handle inserted at the middle; a hammer with a flattened end for driving wedges and a pointed end for piercing as it strikes..

Arch Brick :: Arch brick () A wedge-shaped brick used in the building of an arch.

Boottree :: Boottree (n.) An instrument to stretch and widen the leg of a boot, consisting of two pieces, together shaped like a leg, between which, when put into the boot, a wedge is driven..

Wedge-shaped :: Wedge-shaped (a.) Broad and truncate at the summit, and tapering down to the base; as, a wedge-shaped leaf..

Wedgewise :: Wedgewise (adv.) In the manner of a wedge.

Sphenoid :: Sphenoid (a.) Wedge-shaped; as, a sphenoid crystal..

Impact :: Impact (v. t.) To drive close; to press firmly together: to wedge into a place.

Spall :: Spall (v. i.) To give off spalls, or wedge-shaped chips; -- said of stone, as when badly set, with the weight thrown too much on the outer surface..

Cow :: Cow (n.) A wedge, or brake, to check the motion of a machine or car; a chock..

Gad :: Gad (n.) A wedge-shaped billet of iron or steel.

Shiver :: Shiver (n.) A small wedge, as for fastening the bolt of a window shutter..

Ingot :: Ingot (n.) A bar or wedge of steel, gold, or other malleable metal, cast in a mold; a mass of unwrought cast metal..

Glut :: Glut (n.) A wooden wedge used in splitting blocks.

Cuniform :: Cuniform (n.) The wedge-shaped characters used in ancient Persian and Assyrian inscriptions.

Echelon :: Echelon (n.) An arrangement of a fleet in a wedge or V formation.

Quoin :: Quoin (n.) To wedge or lock up a form within a chase.

Wedge :: Wedge (n.) A mass of metal, especially when of a wedgelike form..

Cotter :: Cotter (n.) A piece of wood or metal, commonly wedge-shaped, used for fastening together parts of a machine or structure. It is driven into an opening through one or all of the parts. [See Illust.] In the United States a cotter is commonly called a key..

Chock :: Chock (n.) A wedge, or block made to fit in any space which it is desired to fill, esp. something to steady a cask or other body, or prevent it from moving, by fitting into the space around or beneath it..

Wedge-shaped :: Wedge-shaped (a.) Having the shape of a wedge; cuneiform.

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