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Work :: Work (n.) To act or operate on the stomach and bowels, as a cathartic..

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..

Scalp :: Scalp (v. i.) To make a small, quick profit by slight fluctuations of the market; -- said of brokers who operate in this way on their own account..

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

Jack :: "Jack (n.) A portable machine variously constructed, for exerting great pressure, or lifting or moving a heavy body through a small distance. It consists of a lever, screw, rack and pinion, hydraulic press, or any simple combination of mechanical powers, working in a compact pedestal or support and operated by a lever, crank, capstan bar, etc. The name is often given to a jackscrew, which is a kind of jack..

Operate :: Operate (v. t.) To produce, as an effect; to cause..

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..

Windmill :: Windmill (n.) A mill operated by the power of the wind, usually by the action of the wind upon oblique vanes or sails which radiate from a horizontal shaft..

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..

Catheterize :: Catheterize (v. t.) To operate on with a catheter.

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

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..

Operated :: Operated (imp. & p. p.) of Operat.

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

Nasal :: Nasal (n.) A medicine that operates through the nose; an errhine.

Physeter :: Physeter (n.) A filtering machine operated by air pressure.

Mechanical :: Mechanical (a.) Made and operated by interaction of forces without a directing intelligence; as, a mechanical universe..

Ricochet :: Ricochet (v. t.) To operate upon by ricochet firing. See Ricochet, n..

Battery :: Battery (v. t.) A series of stamps operated by one motive power, for crushing ores containing the precious metals..

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

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