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

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

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..

Summitless :: Summit (n.) The most elevated part of a bivalve shell, or the part in which the hinge is situated..

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

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

Cross-garnet :: Cross-garnet (n.) A hinge having one strap perpendicular and the other strap horizontal giving it the form of an Egyptian or T cross.

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

Diptych :: Diptych (n.) A picture or series of pictures painted on two tablets connected by hinges. See Triptych.

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..

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

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

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

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

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..

Diptych :: Diptych (n.) A writing tablet consisting of two leaves of rigid material connected by hinges and shutting together so as to protect the writing within.

Hinge :: Hinge (n.) That on which anything turns or depends; a governing principle; a cardinal point or rule; as, this argument was the hinge on which the question turned..

Whinger :: Whinger (n.) A kind of hanger or sword used as a knife at meals and as a weapon.

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

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

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