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Bull :: Bull (n.) One who operates in expectation of a rise in the price of stocks, or in order to effect such a rise. See 4th Bear, n., 5..

Work :: Work (n.) Hence, in a general sense, to operate; to act; to perform; as, a machine works well..

Semaphorist :: Semaphorist (n.) One who manages or operates a semaphore.

Spring :: Spring (v. t.) To cause to close suddenly, as the parts of a trap operated by a spring; as, to spring a trap..

Air Brake :: Air brake () A railway brake operated by condensed air.

Slide :: Slide (n.) That which operates by sliding.

Play :: Play (n.) To move in any manner; especially, to move regularly with alternate or reciprocating motion; to operate; to act; as, the fountain plays..

Key :: Key (n.) An instrument by means of which the bolt of a lock is shot or drawn; usually, a removable metal instrument fitted to the mechanism of a particular lock and operated by turning in its place..

Proceed :: Proceed (v. i.) To have application or effect; to operate.

Operate :: Operate (v. i.) To perform some manual act upon a human body in a methodical manner, and usually with instruments, with a view to restore soundness or health, as in amputation, lithotomy, etc..

Energize :: Energize (v. i.) To use strength in action; to act or operate with force or vigor; to act in producing an effect.

Cooperate :: Cooperate (v. i.) To act or operate jointly with another or others; to concur in action, effort, or effect..

Underwork :: Underwork (v. i.) To work or operate in secret or clandestinely.

Operator :: Operator (n.) One who, or that which, operates or produces an effect..

Experiment :: Experiment (v. t.) To make experiment; to operate by test or trial; -- often with on, upon, or in, referring to the subject of an experiment; with, referring to the instrument; and by, referring to the means; as, to experiment upon electricity; he experimented in plowing with ponies, or by steam power..

Crown-saw :: Crown-saw (n.) A saw in the form of a hollow cylinder, with teeth on the end or edge, and operated by a rotative motion..

Ecraseur :: Ecraseur (n.) An instrument intended to replace the knife in many operations, the parts operated on being severed by the crushing effect produced by the gradual tightening of a steel chain, so that hemorrhage rarely follows..

Wire-puller :: Wire-puller (n.) One who pulls the wires, as of a puppet; hence, one who operates by secret means; an intriguer..

Operate :: Operate (v. i.) To deal in stocks or any commodity with a view to speculative profits.

Feed :: Feed (n.) The motion, or act, of carrying forward the stuff to be operated upon, as cloth to the needle in a sewing machine; or of producing progressive operation upon any material or object in a machine, as, in a turning lathe, by moving the cutting tool along or in the work..

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