Cuttoo plate
() A hood over the end of a wagon wheel hub to keep dirt away from the axle. |
Drawing
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Draw |
Drawing
(n.) The act of pulling, or attracting. |
Drawing
(n.) The act or the art of representing any object by means of lines and shades |
Drawing
(n.) The process of stretching or spreading metals as by hammering, or, as in forming wire from rods or tubes and cups from sheet metal, by pulling them through dies. |
Drawing
(n.) The process of pulling out and elongating the sliver from the carding machine, by revolving rollers, to prepare it for spinning. |
Drawing
(n.) The distribution of prizes and blanks in a lottery. |
Drawing knife
(n.) Alt. of Drawknife |
Drawing-room
(n.) A room appropriated for the reception of company |
Drawing-room
(n.) The company assembled in such a room |
Guillotine
(n.) A machine for beheading a person by one stroke of a heavy ax or blade, which slides in vertical guides, is raised by a cord, and let fall upon the neck of the victim. |
Guillotine
(n.) Any machine or instrument for cutting or shearing, resembling in its action a guillotine. |
Guillotine
(v. t.) To behead with the guillotine. |
Plate
(n.) A flat, or nearly flat, piece of metal, the thickness of which is small in comparison with the other dimensions |
Plate
(n.) Metallic armor composed of broad pieces. |
Plate
(n.) Domestic vessels and utensils, as flagons, dishes, cups, etc., wrought in gold or silver. |
Plate
(n.) Metallic ware which is plated, in distinction from that which is genuine silver or gold. |
Plate
(n.) A small, shallow, and usually circular, vessel of metal or wood, or of earth glazed and baked, from which food is eaten at table. |
Plate
(n.) A piece of money, usually silver money. |
Plate
(n.) A piece of metal on which anything is engraved for the purpose of being printed |
Plate
(n.) A page of stereotype, electrotype, or the like, for printing from |
Plate
(n.) That part of an artificial set of teeth which fits to the mouth, and holds the teeth in place. It may be of gold, platinum, silver, rubber, celluloid, etc. |
Plate
(n.) A horizontal timber laid upon a wall, or upon corbels projecting from a wall, and supporting the ends of other timbers |
Plate
(n.) A roundel of silver or tinctured argent. |
Plate
(n.) A sheet of glass, porcelain, metal, etc., with a coating that is sensitive to light. |
Plate
(n.) A prize giving to the winner in a contest. |
Plate
(v. t.) To cover or overlay with gold, silver, or other metals, either by a mechanical process, as hammering, or by a chemical process, as electrotyping. |
Plate
(v. t.) To cover or overlay with plates of metal |
Plate
(v. t.) To adorn with plated metal |
Plate
(v. t.) To beat into thin, flat pieces, or laminae. |
Plate
(v. t.) To calender |
Plate-gilled
(a.) Having flat, or leaflike, gills, as the bivalve mollusks. |
Shears
(n.) A cutting instrument. |
Shears
(n.) An instrument consisting of two blades, commonly with bevel edges, connected by a pivot, and working on both sides of the material to be cut, -- used for cutting cloth and other substances. |
Shears
(n.) A similar instrument the blades of which are extensions of a curved spring, -- used for shearing sheep or skins. |
Shears
(n.) A shearing machine |
Shears
(n.) Anything in the form of shears. |
Shears
(n.) A pair of wings. |
Shears
(n.) An apparatus for raising heavy weights, and especially for stepping and unstepping the lower masts of ships. It consists of two or more spars or pieces of timber, fastened together near the top, steadied by a guy or guys, and furnished with the necessary tackle. |
Shears
(n.) The bedpiece of a machine tool, upon which a table or slide rest is secured |
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 |
draft
draught
drawing | the act of moving a load by drawing or pulling |
casting lots
drawing lots
sortition | making a chance decision by using lots (straws or pebbles etc.) that are thrown or drawn |
| drawing drawing off | act of getting or draining something such as electricity or a liquid from a source, the drawing of water from the well |
spin the plate
spin the platter | a game in which something round (as a plate) is spun on edge and the name of a player is called, the named player must catch the spinning object before it falls or pay a forfeit |
lottery
drawing | players buy (or are given) chances and prizes are distributed by casting lots |
| drafting mechanical drawing | the craft of drawing blueprints |
| sheet-metal work | the craft of doing sheet metal work (as in ventilation systems) |
drawing draftsmanship
drafting | the creation of artistic pictures or diagrams, he learned drawing from his father |
ctene
comb-plate | a locomotor organ consisting of a row of strong cilia whose bases are fused |
armor plate
armour plate
armor plating
plate armor
plate armour | specially hardened steel plate used to protect fortifications or vehicles from enemy fire |
bite plate
biteplate | a removable dental appliance that is worn in the palate for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes |
cookie sheet
baking tray | a cooking utensil consisting of a flat rectangular metal sheet used for baking cookies or biscuits |
| cover plate | covering consisting of a plate used to cover over or close in a chamber or receptacle |
cutaway cutaway drawing
cutaway model | a representation (drawing or model) of something in which the outside is omitted to reveal the inner parts |
delineation
depiction
limning
line drawing | a drawing of the outlines of forms or objects |
denture
dental plate
plate | a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth |
| dessert plate | a small plate on which dessert can be served |
| dinner plate | a plate from which a diner eats during the main course of a meal |
| draft rough drawing | a preliminary sketch of a design or picture |
drafting board
drawing board | a smooth board on which paper is placed for making drawings |
drafting table
drawing table | a worktable with adjustable top |
| drawing | a representation of forms or objects on a surface by means of lines, drawings of abstract forms, he did complicated pen-and-ink drawings like medieval miniatures |
drawing card
loss leader
leader | a featured article of merchandise sold at a loss in order to draw customers |
| drawing chalk | colored chalks used by artists |
drawing room
withdrawing room | a formal room where visitors can be received and entertained |
| drawing room | a private compartment on a sleeping car with three bunks and a toilet |
drawstring
drawing string
string | a tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening, he pulled the drawstring and closed the bag |
| dust cover dust sheet | a large piece of cloth used to cover furniture that is not in use for a long period |
| fashion plate | a plate illustrating the latest fashion in dress |
finger plate
escutcheon scutcheon | a flat protective covering (on a door or wall etc) to prevent soiling by dirty fingers |
fitted sheet
contour sheet | a sheet (usually with elastic edges) tailored to fit a particular mattress |
| gold plate | a thin plating of gold on something |
| gold plate | tableware that is plated with gold |
| guillotine | instrument of execution that consists of a weighted blade between two vertical poles, used for beheading people |
| gusset gusset plate | a metal plate used to strengthen a joist |
home plate
home base home plate | (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands, it must be touched by a base runner in order to score, he ruled that the runner failed to touch home |
hot plate
hotplate | a portable electric appliance for heating or cooking or keeping food warm |
license plate
numberplate | a plate mounted on the front and back of car and bearing the car's registration number |
| L-plate | a square plate bearing the letter L that is attached to both ends of a car to indicate that the driver is a learner |
| mechanical drawing | scale drawing of a machine or architectural plan etc, |
pall shroud
cerement
winding-sheet
windinglothes | burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped |
| paper plate | a disposable plate made of cardboard |
| plate | dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten |
| plate scale shell | a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners) |
| plate | a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic |
| plate collection plate | a shallow receptacle for collection in church |
| plate | structural member consisting of a horizontal beam that provides bearing and anchorage |
| plate | a full-page illustration (usually on slick paper) |
| plate photographic plate | a flat sheet of metal or glass on which a photographic image can be recorded |
| plate | the positively charged electrode in a vacuum tube |