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Cranioclasm :: Cranioclasm (n.) The crushing of a child's head, as with the cranioclast or craniotomy forceps in cases of very difficult delivery..

Free-milling :: Free-milling (a.) Yielding free gold or silver; -- said of certain ores which can be reduced by crushing and amalgamation, without roasting or other chemical treatment..

Battery :: Battery (v. t.) The box in which the stamps for crushing ore play up and down.

Pressure :: Pressure (n.) The act of pressing, or the condition of being pressed; compression; a squeezing; a crushing; as, a pressure of the hand..

Squeteague :: Squelch (n.) A heavy fall, as of something flat; hence, also, a crushing reply..

Pycnodont :: Pycnodont (n.) Any fossil fish belonging to the Pycnodontini. They have numerous round, flat teeth, adapted for crushing..

Lithotripsy :: Lithotripsy (n.) The operation of crushing a stone in the bladder with an instrument called lithotriptor or lithotrite; lithotrity.

Mashy :: Mashy (a.) Produced by crushing or bruising; resembling, or consisting of, a mash..

Ecraseur :: Ecraseur (n.) An instrument intended to replace the knife in many operations, the parts operated on being severed by the crushing effect produced by the gradual tightening of a steel chain, so that hemorrhage rarely follows..

Stonebuck :: Stonebrearer (n.) A machine for crushing or hammering stone.

Shoe :: Shoe (n.) An inclined trough in an ore-crushing mill.

Jaw :: "Jaw (n.) One of a pair of opposing parts which are movable towards or from each other, for grasping or crushing anything between them, as, the jaws of a vise, or the jaws of a stone-crushing machine..

Mill :: Mill (n.) A machine for grinding or comminuting any substance, as grain, by rubbing and crushing it between two hard, rough, or intented surfaces; as, a gristmill, a coffee mill; a bone mill..

Pash :: Pash (v. t.) A crushing blow.

Crushing :: Crushing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Crus.

Battery :: Battery (v. t.) A series of stamps operated by one motive power, for crushing ores containing the precious metals..

Cestraciont :: Cestraciont (n.) A shark of the genus Cestracion, and of related genera. The posterior teeth form a pavement of bony plates for crushing shellfish. Most of the species are extinct. The Port Jackson shark and a similar one found in California are living examples..

Heartbroken :: Heartbroken (a.) Overcome by crushing sorrow; deeply grieved.

Deathblow :: Deathblow (n.) A mortal or crushing blow; a stroke or event which kills or destroys.

Crushing :: Crushing (a.) That crushes; overwhelming.

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