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Set :: Set (v. t.) To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state; to replace; as, to set a broken bone..

Fractural :: Fractural (a.) Pertaining to, or consequent on, a fracture..

Reduce :: Reduce (n.) To restore to its proper place or condition, as a displaced organ or part; as, to reduce a dislocation, a fracture, or a hernia..

Bilge :: Bilge (v. i.) To suffer a fracture in the bilge; to spring a leak by a fracture in the bilge.

Glass :: Glass (v. t.) Any substance having a peculiar glassy appearance, and a conchoidal fracture, and usually produced by fusion..

Broken :: Broken (v. t.) Fractured; cracked; disunited; sundered; strained; apart; as, a broken reed; broken friendship..

Flint :: Flint (n.) A massive, somewhat impure variety of quartz, in color usually of a gray to brown or nearly black, breaking with a conchoidal fracture and sharp edge. It is very hard, and strikes fire with steel..

Fracture :: Fracture (n.) The breaking of a bone.

Wreck :: Wreck (v. t.) The ruins of a ship stranded; a ship dashed against rocks or land, and broken, or otherwise rendered useless, by violence and fracture; as, they burned the wreck..

Anfracture :: Anfracture (n.) A mazy winding.

Resin :: Resin (n.) Any one of a class of yellowish brown solid inflammable substances, of vegetable origin, which are nonconductors of electricity, have a vitreous fracture, and are soluble in ether, alcohol, and essential oils, but not in water; specif., pine resin (see Rosin)..

Earthy :: Earthy (a.) Without luster, or dull and roughish to the touch; as, an earthy fracture..

Crisp :: Crisp (a.) Brittle; friable; in a condition to break with a short, sharp fracture; as, crisp snow..

Glazy :: Glazy (a.) Having a glazed appearance; -- said of the fractured surface of some kinds of pin iron.

Bilge :: Bilge (v. t.) To fracture the bilge of, or stave in the bottom of (a ship or other vessel)..

Lintel :: Lintel (n.) A horizontal member spanning an opening, and carrying the superincumbent weight by means of its strength in resisting crosswise fracture..

Frangent :: Frangent (a.) Causing fracture; breaking.

Settlement :: Settlement (n.) Fractures or dislocations caused by settlement.

Reduction :: Reduction (v. t.) The operation of restoring a dislocated or fractured part to its former place.

Refracture :: Refracture (n.) A second breaking (as of a badly set bone) by the surgeon.

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