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Hinge :: Hinge (n.) One of the four cardinal points, east, west, north, or south..

Porthook :: Porthook (n.) One of the iron hooks to which the port hinges are attached.

Casement :: Casement (n.) A window sash opening on hinges affixed to the upright side of the frame into which it is fitted. (Poetically) A window.

Hook :: Hook (n.) That part of a hinge which is fixed to a post, and on which a door or gate hangs and turns..

Butt Hinge :: Butt hinge () See 1st Butt, 10..

Bivalve :: Bivalve (n.) A mollusk having a shell consisting of two lateral plates or valves joined together by an elastic ligament at the hinge, which is usually strengthened by prominences called teeth. The shell is closed by the contraction of two transverse muscles attached to the inner surface, as in the clam, -- or by one, as in the oyster. See Mollusca..

Lyopomata :: Lyopomata (n. pl.) An order of brachiopods, in which the valves of shell are not articulated by a hinge. It includes the Lingula, Discina, and allied forms..

Anodon :: Anodon (n.) A genus of fresh-water bivalves, having no teeth at the hinge..

Pintle :: Pintle (n.) The pivot pin of a hinge.

Ginglymus :: Ginglymus (n.) A hinge joint; an articulation, admitting of flexion and extension, or motion in two directions only, as the elbow and the ankle..

Sag :: Sag (v. i.) To sink, in the middle, by its weight or under applied pressure, below a horizontal line or plane; as, a line or cable supported by its ends sags, though tightly drawn; the floor of a room sags; hence, to lean, give way, or settle from a vertical position; as, a building may sag one way or another; a door sags on its hinges..

Heelpost :: Heelpost (n.) The post to which a gate or door is hinged.

Pan :: Pan (n.) A recess, or bed, for the leaf of a hinge..

Beak :: Beak (n.) The upper or projecting part of the shell, near the hinge of a bivalve..

Flap :: Flap (v.) A hinged leaf, as of a table or shutter..

Turnkey :: Turnkey (n.) An instrument with a hinged claw, -- used for extracting teeth with a twist..

Hinge :: Hinge (v. i.) To stand, depend, hang, or turn, as on a hinge; to depend chiefly for a result or decision or for force and validity; -- usually with on or upon; as, the argument hinges on this point..

Shackle :: Shackle (n.) The hinged and curved bar of a padlock, by which it is hung to the staple..

Knuckle :: Knuckle (n.) The joining pars of a hinge through which the pin or rivet passes; a knuckle joint.

Miserere :: Miserere (n.) A small projecting boss or bracket, on the under side of the hinged seat of a church stall (see Stall). It was intended, the seat being turned up, to give some support to a worshiper when standing. Called also misericordia..

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