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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..

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

Joint :: "Joint (n.) A joining of two things or parts so as to admit of motion; an articulation, whether movable or not; a hinge; as, the knee joint; a node or joint of a stem; a ball and socket joint. See Articulation..

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..

Turn :: Turn (v. i.) Hence, to revolve as if upon a point of support; to hinge; to depend; as, the decision turns on a single fact..

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

Hinged :: Hinged (a.) Furnished with hinges.

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..

Hingeless :: Hingeless (a.) Without a hinge or joint.

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

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

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

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

Blind :: Blind (n.) Something to hinder sight or keep out light; a screen; a cover; esp. a hinged screen or shutter for a window; a blinder for a horse.

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

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..

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

Unhinge :: Unhinge (v. t.) To displace; to unfix by violence.

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..

Hinge :: Hinge (v. t.) To attach by, or furnish with, hinges..

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