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. |
Butt
(v. t.) Alt. of But |
Butt
(v. i.) To join at the butt, end, or outward extremity |
Butt
(v. i.) To thrust the head forward |
Butt
(v. t.) To strike by thrusting the head against |
Butt
(n.) A large cask or vessel for wine or beer. It contains two hogsheads. |
Butt
(n.) The common English flounder. |
Butt hinge
() See 1st Butt, 10. |
Butt joint
() A joint in which the edges or ends of the pieces united come squarely together instead of overlapping. See 1st Butt, 8. |
Butt shaft
() An arrow without a barb, for shooting at butts |
Butt weld
() See Butt weld, under Butt. |
Choke-strap
(n.) A strap leading from the bellyband to the lower part of the collar, to keep the collar in place. |
Full-butt
(adv.) With direct and violentop position |
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. |
Strap
(n.) A long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like |
Strap
(n.) Something made of such a strip, or of a part of one, or a combination of two or more for a particular use |
Strap
(n.) A piece of leather, or strip of wood covered with a suitable material, for sharpening a razor |
Strap
(n.) A narrow strip of anything, as of iron or brass. |
Strap
(n.) A band, plate, or loop of metal for clasping and holding timbers or parts of a machine. |
Strap
(n.) A piece of rope or metal passing around a block and used for fastening it to anything. |
Strap
(n.) The flat part of the corolla in ligulate florets, as those of the white circle in the daisy. |
Strap
(n.) The leaf, exclusive of its sheath, in some grasses. |
Strap
(n.) A shoulder strap. See under Shoulder. |
Strap
(v. t.) To beat or chastise with a strap. |
Strap
(v. t.) To fasten or bind with a strap. |
Strap
(v. t.) To sharpen by rubbing on a strap, or strop |
Strap-shaped
(a.) Shaped like a strap |
Tula metal
() An alloy of silver, copper, and lead made at Tula in Russia. |
Water butt
() A large, open-headed cask, set up on end, to contain water. |
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¡ |
butt welding
butt-welding | creating a butt joint by welding |
flash welding
flash butt welding | butt welding by creating an electric arc between the two pieces which melts and joins them, used for joining segments of metal pipe |
| sheet-metal work | the craft of doing sheet metal work (as in ventilation systems) |
| kick in the butt | punishment inflicted by kicking the victim in the behind |
butt
butt end | thick end of the handle |
| butt stub | the small unused part of something (especially the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking) |
| butt | a large cask (especially one holding a volume equivalent to hogsheads or gallons) |
| butt hinge | a hinge mortised flush into the edge of the door and jamb |
butt joint
butt | a joint made by fastening ends together without overlapping |
| butt shaft | a blunt arrow without a barb, an arrow used for target practice |
butt weld
butt-weld | a butt joint that is welded |
| chin strap | a strap attached to a hat, passes under the chin and holds the hat in place |
| cigar butt | small part of a cigar that is left after smoking |
cigarette
cigaret
coffin nail
butt fag | finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper, for smoking |
| cigarette butt | small part of a cigarette that is left after smoking |
| drum metal drum | a cylindrical metal container used for shipping or storage of liquids |
fanny pack
butt pack | a waist pack worn with the pouch in back |
| 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 |
ingot
metal bar
block of metal | metal that is cast in the shape of a block for convenient handling |
| 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 |
plating
metal plating | a thin coating of metal deposited on a surface |
| rifle butt | the butt end of a rifle |
| sheet metal | sheet of metal formed into a thin plate |
| strap | whip consisting of a strip of leather used in flogging |
| strap | an elongated leather strip (or a strip of similar material) for binding things together or holding something in position |
| strap shoulder strap | a band that goes over the shoulder and supports a garment or bag |
| strap | hanger consisting of a loop of leather suspended from the ceiling of a bus or train, passengers hold onto it |
strap hinge
joint hinge | a hinge with two long straps, one strap is fastened to the surface of a moving part (e.g., a door or lid) and the other is fastened to the adjacent stationary frame |
target
butt | sports equipment consisting of an object set up for a marksman or archer to aim at |
| water butt | a butt set on end to contain water especially to store rainwater |
c buttocks
nates
arse butt
backside
bum
buns
can
fundament
hindquarters
hind end
keister
posterior
prat
rear
rear end
rump
stern
seat
tail tail end
tooshie
tush
bottom
behind
derriere
fanny
ass a d | the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on, he deserves a good kick in the butt, are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing? |
heavy metal
heavy metal music | loud and harsh sounding rock music with a strong beat, lyrics usually involve violent or fantastic imagery |
| metal filing | a fragment of metal rubbed off by the use of a file |
butt
goat
laughingstock
stooge | a victim of ridicule or pranks |
| butt | the part of a plant from which the roots spring or the part of a stalk or trunk nearest the roots |
| strap fern | fern with long narrow strap-shaped leaves |
Florida strap fern
cow-tongue fern
hart's-tongue fern | common epiphytic or sometimes terrestrial fern having pale yellow-green strap-shaped leaves, Florida to West Indies and Mexico and south to Uruguay |
Central American strap fern
narrow-leaved strap fern
Campyloneurum augustifolium | fern with shorter and narrower leaves than Florida strap fern, Florida to West Indies and Mexico and south to Argentina |
| precious metal | any of the less common and valuable metals often used to make coins or jewelry |
coinage
mintage
specie
metal money | coins collectively |
alloy
metal | a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten, brass is an alloy of zinc and copper |
| heavy metal | a metal of relatively high density (specific gravity greater than about ) or of high relative atomic weight (especially one that is poisonous like mercury or lead) |
| base metal | a metal that is common and not considered precious, lead, iron, copper, tin, and zinc are base metals |
| terbium metal | a separate group of related lanthanides, including terbium, europium, gadolinium, and sometimes dysprosium |
metallic element
metal | any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc. |