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Abutment :: Abutment (n.) State of abutting.

Brob :: Brob (n.) A peculiar brad-shaped spike, to be driven alongside the end of an abutting timber to prevent its slipping..

Thrust :: Thrust (n.) The force or pressure of one part of a construction against other parts; especially (Arch.), a horizontal or diagonal outward pressure, as of an arch against its abutments, or of rafters against the wall which support them..

Drawbore :: Drawbore (n.) A hole bored through a tenon nearer to the shoulder than the holes through the cheeks are to the edge or abutment against which the shoulder is to rest, so that a pin or bolt, when driven into it, will draw these parts together..

Butting Joint :: Butting joint () A joint between two pieces of timber or wood, at the end of one or both, and either at right angles or oblique to the grain, as the joints which the struts and braces form with the truss posts; -- sometimes called abutting joint..

Bolster :: Bolster (n.) That part of a knife blade which abuts upon the end of the handle.

Abutted :: Abutted (imp. & p. p.) of Abu.

But :: But (v. i.) See Butt, v., and Abut, v..

Abut :: Abut (v. i.) To project; to terminate or border; to be contiguous; to meet; -- with on, upon, or against; as, his land abuts on the road..

Span :: Span (v. t.) The spread or extent of an arch between its abutments, or of a beam, girder, truss, roof, bridge, or the like, between its supports..

Abutilon :: Abutilon (n.) A genus of malvaceous plants of many species, found in the torrid and temperate zones of both continents; -- called also Indian mallow..

Butting :: Butting (n.) An abuttal; a boundary.

Abuttal :: Abuttal (n.) The butting or boundary of land, particularly at the end; a headland..

Abutment :: Abutment (n.) The solid part of a pier or wall, etc., which receives the thrust or lateral pressure of an arch, vault, or strut..

Abutment :: Abutment (n.) That on or against which a body abuts or presse.

Butt :: Butt (v. i.) To join at the butt, end, or outward extremity; to terminate; to be bounded; to abut..

Support :: Support (v. t.) To bear by being under; to keep from falling; to uphold; to sustain, in a literal or physical sense; to prop up; to bear the weight of; as, a pillar supports a structure; an abutment supports an arch; the trunk of a tree supports the branches..

Shoulder :: Shoulder (n.) An abrupt projection which forms an abutment on an object, or limits motion, etc., as the projection around a tenon at the end of a piece of timber, the part of the top of a type which projects beyond the base of the raised character, etc..

Drift :: Drift (n.) The horizontal thrust or pressure of an arch or vault upon the abutments.

Pronghorn :: Pronghorn (n.) An American antelope (Antilocapra Americana), native of the plain near the Rocky Mountains. The upper parts are mostly yellowish brown; the under parts, the sides of the head and throat, and the buttocks, are white. The horny sheath of the horns is shed annually. Called also cabree, cabut, prongbuck, and pronghorned antelope..

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