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Gore :: Gore (v.) A wedgeshaped or triangular piece of cloth, canvas, etc., sewed into a garment, sail, etc., to give greater width at a particular part..

Entrance :: Entrance (n.) The bow, or entire wedgelike forepart of a vessel, below the water line..

Sphene :: Sphene (n.) A mineral found usually in thin, wedge-shaped crystals of a yellow or green to black color. It is a silicate of titanium and calcium; titanite..

Arch Stone :: Arch stone () A wedge-shaped stone used in an arch; a voussoir.

Pipsissewa :: Pipsissewa (n.) A low evergreen plant (Chimaphila umbellata), with narrow, wedge-lanceolate leaves, and an umbel of pretty nodding fragrant blossoms. It has been used in nephritic diseases. Called also prince's pine..

Slice :: Slice (v. t.) One of the wedges by which the cradle and the ship are lifted clear of the building blocks to prepare for launching.

Wedgy :: Wedgy (a.) Like a wedge; wedge-shaped.

Key :: Key (v. t.) To fasten or secure firmly; to fasten or tighten with keys or wedges.

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..

Jack :: Jack (n.) A wooden wedge for separating rocks rent by blasting.

Embolus :: Embolus (n.) Something inserted, as a wedge; the piston or sucker of a pump or syringe..

Jam :: Jam (v. t.) To press into a close or tight position; to crowd; to squeeze; to wedge in.

Wedge :: Wedge (v. t.) To cleave or separate with a wedge or wedges, or as with a wedge; to rive..

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..

Lug :: Lug (n.) A projecting piece to which anything, as a rod, is attached, or against which anything, as a wedge or key, bears, or through which a bolt passes, etc..

Chock :: Chock (v. t.) To stop or fasten, as with a wedge, or block; to scotch; as, to chock a wheel or cask..

Cuneated :: Cuneated (a.) wedge-shaped, with the point at the base; as, a cuneate leaf..

Wedge-formed :: Wedge-formed (a.) Having the form of a wedge; cuneiform.

Wedge-tailed :: Wedge-tailed (a.) Having a tail which has the middle pair of feathers longest, the rest successively and decidedly shorter, and all more or less attenuate; -- said of certain birds. See Illust. of Wood hoopoe, under Wood..

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

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