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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:.

Acute :: Acute (a.) Having nice discernment; perceiving or using minute distinctions; penetrating; clever; shrewd; -- opposed to dull or stupid; as, an acute observer; acute remarks, or reasoning..

Rock Shaft :: Rock shaft () A shaft that oscillates on its journals, instead of revolving, -- usually carrying levers by means of which it receives and communicates reciprocating motion, as in the valve gear of some steam engines; -- called also rocker, rocking shaft, and way shaft..

Heterodromous :: Heterodromous (a.) Moving in opposite directions; -- said of a lever, pulley, etc., in which the resistance and the actuating force are on opposite sides of the fulcrum or axis..

Cleverish :: Cleverish (a.) Somewhat clever.

Lever :: Lever (n.) An arm on a rock shaft, to give motion to the shaft or to obtain motion from it..

Cute :: Cute (a.) Clever; sharp; shrewd; ingenious; cunning.

Jack :: Jack (n.) A lever for depressing the sinkers which push the loops down on the needles.

Gavelock :: Gavelock (n.) An iron crow or lever.

Lever :: Lever (n.) A bar, as a capstan bar, applied to a rotatory piece to turn it..

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

Leverage :: Leverage (n.) The action of a lever; mechanical advantage gained by the lever.

Cant Hook :: Cant hook () A wooden lever with a movable iron hook. hear the end; -- used for canting or turning over heavy logs, etc..

Lever :: Lever (n.) A rigid piece which is capable of turning about one point, or axis (the fulcrum), and in which are two or more other points where forces are applied; -- used for transmitting and modifying force and motion. Specif., a bar of metal, wood, or other rigid substance, used to exert a pressure, or sustain a weight, at one point of its length, by receiving a force or power at a second, and turning at a third on a fixed point called a fulcrum. It is usually named as the first of the six mecha

Neptune :: Neptune (n.) The remotest known planet of our system, discovered -- as a result of the computations of Leverrier, of Paris -- by Galle, of Berlin, September 23, 1846. Its mean distance from the sun is about 2,775,000,000 miles, and its period of revolution is about 164,78 years..

Hende :: Hende (a.) Skillful; dexterous; clever.

Abutment :: Abutment (n.) A fixed point or surface from which resistance or reaction is obtained, as the cylinder head of a steam engine, the fulcrum of a lever, etc..

Lever :: Lever (adv.) Rather.

Pry :: Pry (v. t.) To raise or move, or attempt to raise or move, with a pry or lever; to prize..

Parr :: Parr (n.) A young leveret.

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