Butting joint
() A joint between two pieces of timber or wood, at the end of one or both, and either at right angles or oblique to the grain, as the joints which the struts and braces form with the truss posts |
Butt joint
() A joint in which the edges or ends of the pieces united come squarely together instead of overlapping. See 1st Butt, 8. |
Cable
(n.) A large, strong rope or chain, of considerable length, used to retain a vessel at anchor, and for other purposes. It is made of hemp, of steel wire, or of iron links. |
Cable
(n.) A rope of steel wire, or copper wire, usually covered with some protecting or insulating substance |
Cable
(n.) A molding, shaft of a column, or any other member of convex, rounded section, made to resemble the spiral twist of a rope |
Cable
(v. t.) To fasten with a cable. |
Cable
(v. t.) To ornament with cabling. See Cabling. |
Cable
(v. t. & i.) To telegraph by a submarine cable |
Hooke's joint
() A universal joint. See under Universal. |
Joint
(n.) The place or part where two things or parts are joined or united |
Joint
(n.) A joining of two things or parts so as to admit of motion |
Joint
(n.) The part or space included between two joints, knots, nodes, or articulations |
Joint
(n.) Any one of the large pieces of meat, as cut into portions by the butcher for roasting. |
Joint
(n.) A plane of fracture, or divisional plane, of a rock transverse to the stratification. |
Joint
(n.) The space between the adjacent surfaces of two bodies joined and held together, as by means of cement, mortar, etc. |
Joint
(n.) The means whereby the meeting surfaces of pieces in a structure are secured together. |
Joint
(a.) Joined |
Joint
(a.) Involving the united activity of two or more |
Joint
(a.) United, joined, or sharing with another or with others |
Joint
(a.) Shared by, or affecting two or more |
Joint
(v. t.) To unite by a joint or joints |
Joint
(v. t.) To join |
Joint
(v. t.) To provide with a joint or joints |
Joint
(v. t.) To separate the joints |
Joint
(v. i.) To fit as if by joints |
Joint-fir
(n.) A genus (Ephedra) of leafless shrubs, with the stems conspicuously jointed |
Long-stop
(n.) One who is set to stop balls which pass the wicket keeper. |
Sheet cable
() The cable belonging to the sheet anchor. |
Stop
(v. t.) To close, as an aperture, by filling or by obstructing |
Stop
(v. t.) To obstruct |
Stop
(v. t.) To arrest the progress of |
Stop
(v. t.) To hinder from acting or moving |
Stop
(v. t.) To regulate the sounds of, as musical strings, by pressing them against the finger board with the finger, or by shortening in any way the vibrating part. |
Stop
(v. t.) To point, as a composition |
Stop
(v. t.) To make fast |
Stop
(v. i.) To cease to go on |
Stop
(v. i.) To cease from any motion, or course of action. |
Stop
(v. i.) To spend a short time |
Stop
(n.) The act of stopping, or the state of being stopped |
Stop
(n.) That which stops, impedes, or obstructs |
Stop
(n.) A device, or piece, as a pin, block, pawl, etc., for arresting or limiting motion, or for determining the position to which another part shall be brought. |
Stop
(n.) The closing of an aperture in the air passage, or pressure of the finger upon the string, of an instrument of music, so as to modify the tone |
Stop
(n.) In the organ, one of the knobs or handles at each side of the organist, by which he can draw on or shut off any register or row of pipes |
Stop
(n.) A member, plain or molded, formed of a separate piece and fixed to a jamb, against which a door or window shuts. This takes the place, or answers the purpose, of a rebate. Also, a pin or block to prevent a drawer from sliding too far. |
Stop
(n.) A point or mark in writing or printing intended to distinguish the sentences, parts of a sentence, or clauses |
Stop
(n.) The diaphragm used in optical instruments to cut off the marginal portions of a beam of light passing through lenses. |
Stop
(n.) The depression in the face of a dog between the skull and the nasal bones. It is conspicuous in the bulldog, pug, and some other breeds. |
Stop
(n.) Some part of the articulating organs, as the lips, or the tongue and palate, closed (a) so as to cut off the passage of breath or voice through the mouth and the nose (distinguished as a lip-stop, or a front-stop, etc., as in p, t, d, etc.), or (b) so as to obstruct, but not entirely cut off, the passage, as in l, n, etc. |
Stop-gap
(n.) That which closes or fills up an opening or gap |
Stop-over
(a.) Permitting one to stop over |
| whistle-stop tour | a tour by a candidate as part of a political campaign in which a series of small towns are visited, in Truman crossed the country several times on his whistle-stop tours |
| joint venture | a venture by a partnership or conglomerate designed to share risk or expertise, a joint venture between the film companies to produce TV shows |
stop stopover
layover | a brief stay in the course of a journey, they made a stopover to visit their friends |
| night-stop | a break in a journey for the night |
| pit stop | a brief stop at a pit during an automobile race to take on fuel or service the car |
| pit stop | a stop during an automobile trip for rest and refreshment |
stop
stoppage | the act of stopping something, the third baseman made some remarkable stops, his stoppage of the flow resulted in a flood |
glass lizard
glass snake
joint snake | snakelike lizard of Europe and Asia and North America with vestigial hind limbs and the ability to regenerate its long fragile tail |
| fetlock fetlock joint | the joint between the cannon bone and the pastern |
hock
hock-joint | tarsal joint of the hind leg of hoofed mammals, corresponds to the human ankle |
| artificial joint | a metal or plastic part that is surgically implanted to replace a natural joint (possibly elbow or wrist but usually hip or knee) |
| ball-and-socket joint | a joint that can rotate within a socket |
blockage
block closure
occlusion
stop stoppage | an obstruction in a pipe or tube, we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe |
butt joint
butt | a joint made by fastening ends together without overlapping |
| cable | a very strong thick rope made of twisted hemp or steel wire |
cable cable television
cable system
cable television service | a television system that transmits over cables |
| cable line transmission line | a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power |
cable car
car | a conveyance for passengers or freight on a cable railway, they took a cable car to the top of the mountain |
cable railway
funicular
funicular railway | a railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars |
| catch stop | a restraint that checks the motion of something, he used a book as a stop to hold the door open |
| clip joint | a place of entertainment where high prices are charged for poor entertainment |
coaxial cable
coax
coax cable | a transmission line for high-frequency signals |
diapason
diapason stop | either of the two main stops on a pipe organ |
diaphragm
stop | a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens, the new cameras adjust the diaphragm automatically |
dovetail
dovetail joint | a mortise joint formed by interlocking tenons and mortises |
| electrical cable | a cable that provides an electrical connection for telephone or television or power stations |
| ethernet cable | any of several types of coaxial cable used in ethernets |
fiber optic cable
fibre optic cable | a cable made of optical fibers that can transmit large amounts of information at the speed of light |
| fish joint | a butt joint formed by bolting fish plates to the sides of two rails or beams |
| flue stop | an organ stop with the tone of a flue pipe |
| ground cable | a mooring cable, runs from a buoy to a mooring anchor |
guy
guy cable
guy wire
guy rope | a cable, wire, or rope that is used to brace something (especially a tent) |
hinge
flexible joint | a joint that holds two parts together so that one can swing relative to the other |
joint
marijuana cigarette
reefer
stick spliff | marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking |
| joint | junction by which parts or objects are joined together |
| joint | a disreputable place of entertainment |
Joint Direct Attack Munition
JDAM | a pinpoint bomb guidance device that can be strapped to a gravity bomb thus converting dumb bombs into smart bombs |
juke
jook
juke joint
jook joint
juke house
jook house | a small roadside establishment in the southeastern United States where you can eat and drink and dance to music provided by a jukebox |
jumper cable
jumper lead
lead booster cable | a jumper that consists of a short piece of wire, it was a tangle of jumper cables and clip leads |
knuckle joint
hinge joint | a joint allowing movement in one plane only |
lap joint
splice | joint made by overlapping two ends and joining them together |
miter joint
mitre joint
miter mitre | joint that forms a corner, usually both sides are bevelled at a -degree angle to form a -degree corner |
mortise joint
mortise-and-tenon joint | a joint made by inserting tenon on one piece into mortise holes in the other |
| organ stop | a graduated set of organ pipes of like tone quality |
power line
power cable | cable used to distribute electricity |
| printer cable | a cable between a computer and a printer |
pull-off
rest area
rest stop
layby
lay-by | designated paved area beside a main road where cars can stop temporarily |
| rabbet joint | a joint formed by fitting together two rabbeted boards |
| reed stop | an organ stop with the tone of a reed instrument |
| rib joint pliers | a type of pliers |