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Feather :: Feather (n.) A thin wedge driven between the two semicylindrical parts of a divided plug in a hole bored in a stone, to rend the stone..

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

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

Scotch :: Scotch (n.) A chock, wedge, prop, or other support, to prevent slipping; as, a scotch for a wheel or a log on inclined ground..

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..

Wedge :: Wedge (v. t.) To force by crowding and pushing as a wedge does; as, to wedge one's way..

Coin :: Coin (n.) A quoin; a corner or external angle; a wedge. See Coigne, and Quoin..

Bias :: Bias (n.) A wedge-shaped piece of cloth taken out of a garment (as the waist of a dress) to diminish its circumference.

Quoin :: Quoin (n.) A wedgelike piece of stone, wood metal, or other material, used for various purposes.

Wedge :: Wedge (n.) A solid of five sides, having a rectangular base, two rectangular or trapezoidal sides meeting in an edge, and two triangular ends..

Wedge :: Wedge (v. t.) To cut, as clay, into wedgelike masses, and work by dashing together, in order to expel air bubbles, etc..

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..

Cuneal :: Cuneal () Relating to a wedge; wedge-shaped.

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

Key :: Key (n.) A bar, pin or wedge, to secure a crank, pulley, coupling, etc., upon a shaft, and prevent relative turning; sometimes holding by friction alone, but more frequently by its resistance to shearing, being usually embedded partly in the shaft and partly in the crank, pulley, etc..

Wedge :: Wedge (n.) Anything in the form of a wedge, as a body of troops drawn up in such a form..

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

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..

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

Key :: Key (n.) A piece of wood used as a wedge.

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