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But :: But (v. t.) A kind of hinge used in hanging doors, etc.; -- so named because fastened on the edge of the door, which butts against the casing, instead of on its face, like the strap hinge; also called butt hinge..

Hinged :: Hinged (imp. & p. p.) of Hing.

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

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

Unhingement :: Unhingement (n.) The act unhinging, or the state of being unhinged..

Umbo :: Umbo (n.) One of the lateral prominence just above the hinge of a bivalve shell.

Umbrella :: Umbrella (n.) A shade, screen, or guard, carried in the hand for sheltering the person from the rays of the sun, or from rain or snow. It is formed of silk, cotton, or other fabric, extended on strips of whalebone, steel, or other elastic material, inserted, or fastened to, a rod or stick by means of pivots or hinges, in such a way as to allow of being opened and closed with ease. See Parasol..

Door :: Door (n.) The frame or barrier of boards, or other material, usually turning on hinges, by which an entrance way into a house or apartment is closed and opened..

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

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

Articulata :: Articulata (v.) One of the subdivisions of the Brachiopoda, including those that have the shells united by a hinge..

Unhinge :: Unhinge (v. t.) To take from the hinges; as, to unhinge a door..

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

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..

Cardo :: Cardo (n.) The hinge of a bivalve shell.

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..

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..

Hanging :: Hanging (a.) Adapted for sustaining a hanging object; as, the hanging post of a gate, the post which holds the hinges..

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

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