wooden+pin

  • 91tenpins — n. form of bowling game using wooden pinsn. wooden pin used in bowling …

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  • 92fid — n. 1 a small thick piece or wedge or heap of anything. 2 Naut. a a square wooden or iron bar to support the topmast. b a conical wooden pin used in splicing. Etymology: 17th c.: orig. unkn …

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  • 93snaar — a wooden pin, notched in the middle where a string was attached, slack at one end with a loop by which the baited hook was kept in hanging position. This loop easily slipped off at a touch and the pointed ends of the pin would then stick across… …

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  • 94fid — /fɪd/ (say fid) noun 1. Nautical a stout piece of wood or metal passed through the heel of a topmast to keep the mast in position. 2. a conical wooden pin used to open strands of rope in splicing. 3. a pin used for enlarging holes, stippling and… …

  • 95peg down — verb 1. fasten or secure with a wooden pin (Freq. 1) peg a tent • Syn: ↑peg • See Also: ↑peg down (for: ↑peg) • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …

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  • 96al|fil|e|ri|a — al|fil|a|ri|a or al|fil|e|ri|a «al FIHL uh REE uh», noun. a European plant of the geranium family, now widely naturalized as a forage plant in dry areas of the western and southwestern United States; red stem filaree. ╂[American English <… …

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  • 97al|fil|a|ri|a — or al|fil|e|ri|a «al FIHL uh REE uh», noun. a European plant of the geranium family, now widely naturalized as a forage plant in dry areas of the western and southwestern United States; red stem filaree. ╂[American English < American Spanish… …

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  • 98Bedstaff — Bed staff , n.; pl. {Bedstaves}. A wooden pin stuck anciently on the sides of the bedstead, to hold the clothes from slipping on either side. Johnson. [1913 Webster] Hostess, accommodate us with a bedstaff. B. Jonson. [1913 Webster] Say there is… …

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  • 99Bedstaves — Bedstaff Bed staff , n.; pl. {Bedstaves}. A wooden pin stuck anciently on the sides of the bedstead, to hold the clothes from slipping on either side. Johnson. [1913 Webster] Hostess, accommodate us with a bedstaff. B. Jonson. [1913 Webster] Say… …

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  • 100Peg — Peg, n. [OE. pegge; cf. Sw. pigg, Dan. pig a point, prickle, and E. peak.] 1. A small, pointed piece of wood, used in fastening boards together, in attaching the soles of boots or shoes, etc.; as, a shoe peg. [1913 Webster] 2. A wooden pin, or… …

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