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Nut :: Nut (n.) A perforated block (usually a small piece of metal), provided with an internal or female screw thread, used on a bolt, or screw, for tightening or holding something, or for transmitting motion. See Illust. of lst Bolt..

Lantern :: Lantern (n.) A perforated barrel to form a core upon.

Honeycombed :: Honeycombed (a.) Formed or perforated like a honeycomb.

Cribrose :: Cribrose (a.) Perforated like a sieve; cribriform.

Imperforated :: Imperforated (a.) Not perforated; having no opening or aperture.

Washer :: Washer (n.) A ring of metal, leather, or other material, or a perforated plate, used for various purposes, as around a bolt or screw to form a seat for the head or nut, or around a wagon axle to prevent endwise motion of the hub of the wheel and relieve friction, or in a joint to form a packing, etc..

Favosites :: Favosites (n.) A genus of fossil corals abundant in the Silurian and Devonian rocks, having polygonal cells with perforated walls..

Card :: Card (n.) A perforated pasteboard or sheet-metal plate for warp threads, making part of the Jacquard apparatus of a loom. See Jacquard..

Pervious :: Pervious (a.) Open; -- used synonymously with perforate, as applied to the nostrils or birds..

Sparger :: Sparger (n.) A vessel with a perforated cover, for sprinkling with a liquid; a sprinkler..

Euphroe :: Euphroe (n.) A block or long slat of wood, perforated for the passage of the crowfoot, or cords by which an awning is held up..

Terebrate :: Terebrate (v. t.) To perforate; to bore; to pierce.

Pounce :: Pounce (n.) Charcoal dust, or some other colored powder for making patterns through perforated designs, -- used by embroiderers, lace makers, etc..

Perforated :: Perforated (a.) Pierced with a hole or holes, or with pores; having transparent dots resembling holes..

Pierced :: Pierced (a.) Penetrated; entered; perforated.

Thrill :: Thrill (v. t.) To perforate by a pointed instrument; to bore; to transfix; to drill.

Pot :: Pot (v. t.) To drain; as, to pot sugar, by taking it from the cooler, and placing it in hogsheads, etc., having perforated heads, through which the molasses drains off..

Iris :: Iris (n.) The contractile membrane perforated by the pupil, and forming the colored portion of the eye. See Eye..

Imperforable :: Imperforable (a.) Incapable of being perforated, or bored through..

Clevis :: Clevis (n.) A piece of metal bent in the form of an oxbow, with the two ends perforated to receive a pin, used on the end of the tongue of a plow, wagen, etc., to attach it to a draft chain, whiffletree, etc.; -- called also clavel, clevy..

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