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Walk :: Walk (v. i.) To move along on foot; to advance by steps; to go on at a moderate pace; specifically, of two-legged creatures, to proceed at a slower or faster rate, but without running, or lifting one foot entirely before the other touches the ground..

Gammoning :: Gammoning (n.) The lashing or iron band by which the bowsprit of a vessel is secured to the stem to opposite the lifting action of the forestays.

Trapdoor :: Trapdoor (n.) A lifting or sliding door covering an opening in a roof or floor.

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

Assault :: Assault (n.) An apparently violent attempt, or willful offer with force or violence, to do hurt to another; an attempt or offer to beat another, accompanied by a degree of violence, but without touching his person, as by lifting the fist, or a cane, in a threatening manner, or by striking at him, and missing him. If the blow aimed takes effect, it is a battery..

Bucket :: Bucket (n.) The valved piston of a lifting pump.

Shovel :: Shovel (v. t.) An implement consisting of a broad scoop, or more or less hollow blade, with a handle, used for lifting and throwing earth, coal, grain, or other loose substances..

Upbuoyance :: Upbuoyance (n.) The act of buoying up; uplifting.

Lift :: Lift (n.) Help; assistance, as by lifting; as, to give one a lift in a wagon..

Attollent :: Attollent (a.) Lifting up; raising; as, an attollent muscle..

Wiper :: Wiper (n.) A piece generally projecting from a rotating or swinging piece, as an axle or rock shaft, for the purpose of raising stampers, lifting rods, or the like, and leaving them to fall by their own weight; a kind of cam..

Leash :: Leash (n.) A string with a loop at the end for lifting warp threads, in a loom..

Bell Jar :: Bell jar () A glass vessel, varying in size, open at the bottom and closed at the top like a bell, and having a knob or handle at the top for lifting it. It is used for a great variety of purposes; as, with the air pump, and for holding gases, also for keeping the dust from articles exposed to view..

Scuff :: Scuff (v. i.) To walk without lifting the feet; to proceed with a scraping or dragging movement; to shuffle.

Dipping :: Dipping (n.) The act of lifting or moving a liquid with a dipper, ladle, or the like..

Lifter :: Lifter (n.) A tool for lifting loose sand from the mold; also, a contrivance attached to a cope, to hold the sand together when the cope is lifted..

Shoplifting :: Shoplifting (n.) Larceny committed in a shop; the stealing of anything from a shop.

Unlatch :: Unlatch (v. i.) To open or loose by lifting the latch; as, to unlatch a door..

Gallop :: Gallop (v. i.) A mode of running by a quadruped, particularly by a horse, by lifting alternately the fore feet and the hind feet, in successive leaps or bounds..

Relevation :: Relevation (n.) A raising or lifting up.

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