Definition of hinge

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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..

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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..
Unhinge :: Unhinge (v. t.) To render unstable or wavering; to unsettle; as, to unhinge one's mind or opinions; to unhinge the nerves..
Cardo :: Cardo (n.) 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..
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..
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..
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..
Hook :: Hook (n.) That part of a hinge which is fixed to a post, and on which a door or gate hangs and turns..
Whinger :: Whinger (n.) A kind of hanger or sword used as a knife at meals and as a weapon.
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..
Grapple :: Grapple (v. t.) An instrument, usually with hinged claws, for seizing and holding fast to an object; a grab..
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..
Testicardines :: Testicardines (n. pl.) A division of brachiopods including those which have a calcareous shell furnished with a hinge and hinge teeth. Terebratula and Spirifer are examples.
Inarticulate :: Inarticulate (a.) Without a hinge; -- said of an order (Inarticulata or Ecardines) of brachiopods.
Porthook :: Porthook (n.) One of the iron hooks to which the port hinges are attached.
Ginglymoidal :: Ginglymoidal (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a ginglymus, or hinge joint; ginglyform..
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..
Pan :: Pan (n.) A recess, or bed, for the leaf of a hinge..
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..
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