noun(n.) A piece of material used to transmit, or change the direction of, weight or pressure; any one of the pieces, in a frame or truss, which divide the structure into triangular parts. It may act as a tie, or as a strut, and serves to prevent distortion of the structure, and...
The state of being braced or tight; tension. noun (n.) A piece of material used to transmit, or change the direction of, weight or pressure; any one of the pieces, in a frame or truss, which divide the structure into triangular parts. It may act as a tie, or as a strut, and ...
A Smith would also need to be knowledgeable in the use of various tools such as hammers, anvils, files and chisels. Smiths worked in workshops, where they could heat and shape metal pieces. Anvil The smith would then put the pieces together using rivets and other techniques t...
noun(n.) The state of being braced or tight; tension. noun(n.) A piece of material used to transmit, or change the direction of, weight or pressure; any one of the pieces, in a frame or truss, which divide the structure into triangular parts. It may act as a tie, or as a stru...
A piece of material used to transmit, or change the direction of, weight or pressure; any one of the pieces, in a frame or truss, which divide the structure into triangular parts. It may act as a tie, or as a strut, and serves to prevent distortion of the structure, and transverse ...
A piece of material used to transmit, or change the direction of, weight or pressure; any one of the pieces, in a frame or truss, which divide the structure into triangular parts. It may act as a tie, or as a strut, and serves to prevent distortion of the structure, and transverse ...
The deep-seated parts of the vertebrate skeleton which are relation with the nervous axis and locomation. panton noun (n.) A horseshoe to correct a narrow, hoofbound heel. phaeton noun (n.) A four-wheeled carriage (with or without a top), open, or having no side pieces, in front of...
The hair side of a piece of leather, or the marking on that side. noun (n.) The remains of grain, etc., after brewing or distillation; hence, any residuum. Also called draff. noun (n.) A rounded prominence on the back of a sepal, as in the common dock. See Grained, a., 4....
noun(n.) A thin inner sole for a shoe; also, a leveling slip of leather applied to the sole before attaching the heel. noun(n.) Rim; egde; border. verb(v. i.) To rant; to storm. strandnoun(n.) One of the twists, or strings, as of fibers, wires, etc., of which a rope ...
Alt. of Monodrame myriorama noun (n.) A picture made up of several smaller pictures, drawn upon separate pieces in such a manner as to admit of combination in many different ways, thus producing a great variety of scenes or landscapes. neorama noun (n.) A panorama of the interior of ...