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Homodromous :: Homodromous (a.) Moving in the same direction; -- said of a lever or pulley in which the resistance and the actuating force are both on the same side of the fulcrum or axis.

Clever :: Clever (a.) Well-shaped; handsome.

Pave :: Pave (v. t.) To lay or cover with stone, brick, or other material, so as to make a firm, level, or convenient surface for horses, carriages, or persons on foot, to travel on; to floor with brick, stone, or other solid material; as, to pave a street; to pave a court..

Strike :: Strike (n.) An instrument with a straight edge for leveling a measure of grain, salt, and the like, scraping off what is above the level of the top; a strickle..

Cantilever :: Cantilever (n.) Same as Cantalever.

Settle :: Settle (v. i.) To sink gradually to a lower level; to subside, as the foundation of a house, etc..

Champaign :: Champaign (a.) Flat; open; level.

Raze :: Raze (v. t.) To subvert from the foundation; to lay level with the ground; to overthrow; to destroy; to demolish.

Steep :: Steep (v. t.) Making a large angle with the plane of the horizon; ascending or descending rapidly with respect to a horizontal line or a level; precipitous; as, a steep hill or mountain; a steep roof; a steep ascent; a steep declivity; a steep barometric gradient..

Testone :: Testone (n.) A silver coin of Portugal, worth about sixpence sterling, or about eleven cents..

Bite :: Bite (v.) The hold which the short end of a lever has upon the thing to be lifted, or the hold which one part of a machine has upon another..

Driver :: Driver (n.) A part that transmits motion to another part by contact with it, or through an intermediate relatively movable part, as a gear which drives another, or a lever which moves another through a link, etc. Specifically:.

Brimmed :: Brimmed (a.) Full to, or level with, the brim..

Fulcrum :: Fulcrum (n.) That by which a lever is sustained, or about which it turns in lifting or moving a body..

Complanate :: Complanate (v. t.) Flattened to a level surface.

Bed :: Bed (n.) A plat or level piece of ground in a garden, usually a little raised above the adjoining ground..

Bell Crank :: Bell crank () A lever whose two arms form a right angle, or nearly a right angle, having its fulcrum at the apex of the angle. It is used in bell pulls and in changing the direction of bell wires at angles of rooms, etc., and also in machinery..

Beam :: Beam (n.) A heavy iron lever having an oscillating motion on a central axis, one end of which is connected with the piston rod from which it receives motion, and the other with the crank of the wheel shaft; -- called also working beam or walking beam..

Backsight :: Backsight (n.) The reading of the leveling staff in its unchanged position when the leveling instrument has been taken to a new position; a sight directed backwards to a station previously occupied. Cf. Foresight, n., 3..

Capstan :: Capstan (n.) A vertical cleated drum or cylinder, revolving on an upright spindle, and surmounted by a drumhead with sockets for bars or levers. It is much used, especially on shipboard, for moving or raising heavy weights or exerting great power by traction upon a rope or cable, passing around the drum. It is operated either by steam power or by a number of men walking around the capstan, each pushing on the end of a lever fixed in its socket..

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