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Buckle :: Buckle (n.) A device, usually of metal, consisting of a frame with one more movable tongues or catches, used for fastening things together, as parts of dress or harness, by means of a strap passing through the frame and pierced by the tongue..

Sheathe :: Sheathe (v. t.) To case or cover with something which protects, as thin boards, sheets of metal, and the like; as, to sheathe a ship with copper..

Splint :: Splint (v. t.) One of the small plates of metal used in making splint armor. See Splint armor, below..

Amalgam :: Amalgam (n.) An alloy of mercury with another metal or metals; as, an amalgam of tin, bismuth, etc..

Buckle :: Buckle (n.) A distortion bulge, bend, or kink, as in a saw blade or a plate of sheet metal..

Broach :: Broach (n.) A straight tool with file teeth, made of steel, to be pressed through irregular holes in metal that cannot be dressed by revolving tools; a drift..

Galvanism :: Galvanism (n.) Electricity excited by the mutual action of certain liquids and metals; dynamical electricity.

Rule :: Rule (a.) A straight strip of wood, metal, or the like, which serves as a guide in drawing a straight line; a ruler..

Extensibility :: Extensibility (n.) The quality of being extensible; the capacity of being extended; as, the extensibility of a fiber, or of a plate of metal..

Bimetallic :: Bimetallic (a.) Of or relating to, or using, a double metallic standard (as gold and silver) for a system of coins or currency..

Stirrup :: Stirrup (v. i.) A kind of ring, or bent piece of metal, wood, leather, or the like, horizontal in one part for receiving the foot of a rider, and attached by a strap to the saddle, -- used to assist a person in mounting a horse, and to enable him to sit steadily in riding, as well as to relieve him by supporting a part of the weight of the body..

Strap :: Strap (n.) A band, plate, or loop of metal for clasping and holding timbers or parts of a machine..

Hem :: Hem (n.) A border made on sheet-metal ware by doubling over the edge of the sheet, to stiffen it and remove the sharp edge..

Tag :: Tag (n.) A metallic binding, tube, or point, at the end of a string, or lace, to stiffen it..

Fabrile :: Fabrile (a.) Pertaining to a workman, or to work in stone, metal, wood etc.; as, fabrile skill..

Jove :: Jove (n.) The metal tin.

Strond :: Stromeyerite (n.) A steel-gray mineral of metallic luster. It is a sulphide of silver and copper.

Buhlwork :: Buhlwork (n.) Decorative woodwork in which tortoise shell, yellow metal, white metal, etc., are inlaid, forming scrolls, cartouches, etc..

Electro-metallurgy :: Electro-metallurgy (n.) The act or art precipitating a metal electro-chemical action, by which a coating is deposited, on a prepared surface, as in electroplating and electrotyping; galvanoplasty..

Ladder :: Ladder (v. i.) A frame usually portable, of wood, metal, or rope, for ascent and descent, consisting of two side pieces to which are fastened cross strips or rounds forming steps..

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