Aich's metal () A kind of gun metal, containing copper, zinc, and iron, but no tin. |
Babbitt metal () A soft white alloy of variable composition (as a nine parts of tin to one of copper, or of fifty parts of tin to five of antimony and one of copper) used in bearings to diminish friction. |
Bell metal () A hard alloy or bronze, consisting usually of about three parts of copper to one of tin |
Blond metal () A variety of clay ironstone, in Staffordshire, England, used for making tools. |
Covering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cover |
Covering (n.) Anything which covers or conceals, as a roof, a screen, a wrapper, clothing, etc. |
Housing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of House |
Housing (n.) The act of putting or receiving under shelter |
Housing (n.) That which shelters or covers |
Housing (n.) The space taken out of one solid, to admit the insertion of part of another, as the end of one timber in the side of another. |
Housing (n.) A niche for a statue. |
Housing (n.) A frame or support for holding something in place, as journal boxes, etc. |
Housing (n.) That portion of a mast or bowsprit which is beneath the deck or within the vessel. |
Housing (n.) A covering or protection, as an awning over the deck of a ship when laid up. |
Housing (n.) A houseline. See Houseline. |
Housing (n.) A cover or cloth for a horse's saddle, as an ornamental or military appendage |
Housing (n.) An appendage to the hames or collar of a harness. |
Kingston metal () An alloy of tin, copper, and mercury, sometimes used for the bearings and packings of machinery. |
Metal (n.) An elementary substance, as sodium, calcium, or copper, whose oxide or hydroxide has basic rather than acid properties, as contrasted with the nonmetals, or metalloids. No sharp line can be drawn between the metals and nonmetals, and certain elements partake of both acid and basic qualities, as chromium, manganese, bismuth, etc. |
Metal (n.) Ore from which a metal is derived |
Metal (n.) A mine from which ores are taken. |
Metal (n.) The substance of which anything is made |
Metal (n.) Courage |
Metal (n.) The broken stone used in macadamizing roads and ballasting railroads. |
Metal (n.) The effective power or caliber of guns carried by a vessel of war. |
Metal (n.) Glass in a state of fusion. |
Metal (n.) The rails of a railroad. |
Metal (v. t.) To cover with metal |
Muntz metal () See under Metal. |
Sheet (v. t.) In general, a large, broad piece of anything thin, as paper, cloth, etc. |
Sheet (v. t.) A broad piece of cloth, usually linen or cotton, used for wrapping the body or for a covering |
Sheet (v. t.) A broad piece of paper, whether folded or unfolded, whether blank or written or printed upon |
Sheet (v. t.) A single signature of a book or a pamphlet |
Sheet (v. t.) the book itself. |
Sheet (v. t.) A broad, thinly expanded portion of metal or other substance |
Sheet (v. t.) A broad expanse of water, or the like. |
Sheet (v. t.) A sail. |
Sheet (v. t.) An extensive bed of an eruptive rock intruded between, or overlying, other strata. |
Sheet (v. t.) A rope or chain which regulates the angle of adjustment of a sail in relation in relation to the wind |
Sheet (v. t.) The space in the forward or the after part of a boat where there are no rowers |
Sheet (v. t.) To furnish with a sheet or sheets |
Sheet (v. t.) To expand, as a sheet. |
Sheet anchor (v. t.) A large anchor stowed on shores outside the waist of a vessel |
Sheet anchor (v. t.) Anything regarded as a sure support or dependence in danger |
Sheet cable () The cable belonging to the sheet anchor. |
Sheet chain () A chain sheet cable. |
Tula metal () An alloy of silver, copper, and lead made at Tula in Russia. |
Wood's metal () A fusible alloy consisting of one or two parts of cadmium, two parts of tin, four of lead, with seven or eight part of bismuth. It melts at from 66¡ |
short covering | the purchase of securities or commodities by a short seller to close out a short sale |
housing start | the act of starting to construct a house |
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development | the position of the head of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the position of Secretary of Housing and Urban Development was created in |
sheet-metal work | the craft of doing sheet metal work (as in ventilation systems) |
application coating covering | the work of applying something, the doctor prescribed a topical application of iodine, a complete bleach requires several applications, the surface was ready for a coating of paint, |
covering | the act of protecting something by covering it |
cover covering fire | fire that makes it difficult for the enemy to fire on your own individuals or formations, artillery provided covering fire for the withdrawal |
cover covering screening masking | the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it, the cover concealed their guns from enemy aircraft |
protective covering | the tough natural covering of some organisms |
bedspread bedcover bed cover bed covering counterpane spread | decorative cover for a bed |
caparison trapping housing | stable gear consisting of a decorated covering for a horse, especially (formerly) for a warhorse |
cloth covering | a covering made of cloth |
cookie sheet baking tray | a cooking utensil consisting of a flat rectangular metal sheet used for baking cookies or biscuits |
covering | an artifact that covers something else (usually to protect or shelter or conceal it) |
distributor housing | the housing that supports the distributor cam |
drum metal drum | a cylindrical metal container used for shipping or storage of liquids |
dust cover dust sheet | a large piece of cloth used to cover furniture that is not in use for a long period |
facing cladding | a protective covering that protects the outside of a building |
fitted sheet contour sheet | a sheet (usually with elastic edges) tailored to fit a particular mattress |
floor cover floor covering | a covering for a floor |
full metal jacket | a lead bullet that is covered with a jacket of a harder metal (usually copper) |
gauntlet gantlet metal glove | a glove of armored leather, protects the hand |
hacksaw hack saw metal saw | saw used with one hand for cutting metal |
head covering veil | a garment that covers the head and face |
housing lodging living accommodations | structures collectively in which people are housed |
housing | a protective cover designed to contain or support a mechanical component |
ingot metal bar block of metal | metal that is cast in the shape of a block for convenient handling |
lamp house lamphouse lamp housing | housing that holds a lamp (as in a movie projector) |
lap lap covering | the part of a piece of clothing that covers the thighs, his lap was covered with food stains |
legging leging leg covering | a garment covering the leg (usually extending from the knee to the ankle) |
liquid metal reactor | a nuclear reactor using liquid metal as a coolant |
metal detector | detector that gives a signal when it detects the presence of metal, used to detect the presence of stray bits of metal in food products or to find buried metal |
metal screw | screw made of metal |
metal wood | golf wood with a metal head instead of the traditional wooden head |
pall shroud cerement winding-sheet windinglothes | burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped |
plate glass sheet glass | glass formed into large thin sheets |
plating metal plating | a thin coating of metal deposited on a surface |
protective covering protective cover protection | a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury, they had no protection from the fallout, wax provided protection for the floors |
sail canvas canvass sheet | a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel |
sheet bed sheet | bed linen consisting of a large rectangular piece of cotton or linen cloth, used in pairs |
sheet tack mainsheet weather sheet shroud | (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind |
sheet flat solid | a flat artifact that is thin relative to its length and width |
sheet anchor waist anchor | spare anchor for use in emergency |
sheet bend becket bend weaver's knot weaver's hitch | a hitch used for temporarily tying a rope to the middle of another rope (or to an eye) |
sheet iron | plate iron thinner than tank iron |
sheet metal | sheet of metal formed into a thin plate |
sheet pile sheath pile sheet piling | a pile in a row of piles driven side by side to retain earth or prevent seepage |
sheet web | an irregular spider web woven in a single plane and looking like flattened hammocks |
tent-fly rainfly fly sheet fly tent flap | flap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back to provide entrance to a tent |
tract housing | housing consisting of similar houses constructed together on a tract of land |