Definition of hinge

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

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Diptych :: Diptych (n.) A picture or series of pictures painted on two tablets connected by hinges. See Triptych.
Grapple :: Grapple (v. t.) An instrument, usually with hinged claws, for seizing and holding fast to an object; a grab..
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..
Verticle :: Verticle (n.) An axis; hinge; a turning point.
Hinged :: Hinged (imp. & p. p.) of Hing.
Pintle :: Pintle (n.) The pivot pin of 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..
Hinged :: Hinged (a.) Furnished with hinges.
Fly :: Fly (v. i.) The piece hinged to the needle, which holds the engaged loop in position while the needle is penetrating another loop; a latch..
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..
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..
Rudderstock :: Rudderstock (n.) The main part or blade of the rudder, which is connected by hinges, or the like, with the sternpost of a vessel..
Hinge :: Hinge (n.) The hook with its eye, or the joint, on which a door, gate, lid, etc., turns or swings; a flexible piece, as a strip of leather, which serves as a joint to turn on..
Articulata :: Articulata (v.) One of the subdivisions of the Brachiopoda, including those that have the shells united by a hinge..
Gudgeon :: Gudgeon (n.) The pin of iron fastened in the end of a wooden shaft or axle, on which it turns; formerly, any journal, or pivot, or bearing, as the pintle and eye of a hinge, but esp. the end journal of a horizontal..
Wing-shell :: Wing-shell (n.) Any one of various species of marine bivalve shells belonging to the genus Avicula, in which the hinge border projects like a wing..
Whinge :: Whinge (v. i.) To whine.
Anodon :: Anodon (n.) A genus of fresh-water bivalves, having no teeth at the hinge..
Hinge :: Hinge (v. t.) To bend.
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