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Definition of prevent
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Prevent
(v. t.) To
intercept;
to
hinder;
to
frustrate;
to stop; to
thwart.
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Skid
::
Skid (n.) A shoe or clog, as of iron,
attached
to a
chain,
and
placed
under the wheel of a wagon to
prevent
its
turning
when
descending
a steep hill; a drag; a
skidpan;
also, by
extension,
a hook
attached
to a
chain,
and used for the same
purpose..
Bolster
::
Bolster
(n.)
Anything
used to
prevent
chafing.
Absent
::
Absent
(v. t.) To take or
withdraw
(one's
self) to such a
distance
as to
prevent
intercourse;
-- used with the
reflexive
pronoun.
Buckler
::
Buckler
(n.) A block of wood or plate of iron made to fit a hawse hole, or the
circular
opening
in a
half-port,
to
prevent
water from
entering
when the
vessel
pitches..
Dogshore
::
Dogshore
(n.) One of
several
shores
used to hold a ship
firmly
and
prevent
her
moving
while the
blocks
are
knocked
away
before
launching.
Luddite
::
Luddite
(n.) One of a
number
of
riotous
persons
in
England,
who for six years
(1811-17)
tried to
prevent
the use of
labor-saving
machinery
by
breaking
it,
burning
factories,
etc.; -- so
called
from Ned Lud, a
half-witted
man who some years
previously
had
broken
stocking
frames..
Prevention
::
Prevention
(n.) The act of
going,
or state of
being,
before..
Lithography
::
Lithography
(n.) The art or
process
of
putting
designs
or
writing,
with a
greasy
material,
on
stone,
and of
producing
printed
impressions
therefrom.
The
process
depends,
in the main, upon the
antipathy
between
grease
and
water,
which
prevents
a
printing
ink
containing
oil from
adhering
to
wetted
parts of the stone not
covered
by the
design.
See
Lithographic
limestone,
under
Lithographic..
Impreventable
::
Impreventable
(a.) Not
preventable;
invitable.
Gulgul
::
Gulgul
(n.) A
cement
made in India from sea
shells,
pulverized
and mixed with oil, and
spread
over a
ship's
bottom,
to
prevent
the
boring
of
worms..
Slacken
::
Slacken
(n.) A
spongy,
semivitrifled
substance
which
miners
or
smelters
mix with the ores of
metals
to
prevent
their
fusion..
Pawl
::
Pawl (n.) A
pivoted
tongue,
or
sliding
bolt, on one part of a
machine,
adapted
to fall into
notches,
or
interdental
spaces,
on
another
part, as a
ratchet
wheel,
in such a
manner
as to
permit
motion
in one
direction
and
prevent
it in the
reverse,
as in a
windlass;
a
catch,
click,
or
detent.
See
Illust.
of
Ratchet
Wheel..
Coamings
::
Coamings
(n. pl.)
Raised
pieces
of wood of iron
around
a
hatchway,
skylight,
or other
opening
in the deck, to
prevent
water from
running
bellow;
esp. the
fore-and-aft
pieces
of a
hatchway
frame as
distinguished
from the
transverse
head
ledges..
Retard
::
Retard
(v. t.) To keep
delaying;
to
continue
to
hinder;
to
prevent
from
progress;
to
render
more slow in
progress;
to
impede;
to
hinder;
as, to
retard
the march of an army; to
retard
the
motion
of a ship; --
opposed
to
accelerate..
Decentralize
::
Decentralize
(v. t.) To
prevent
from
centralizing;
to cause to
withdraw
from the
center
or place of
concentration;
to
divide
and
distribute
(what has been
united
or
concentrated);
-- esp. said of
authority,
or the
administration
of
public
affairs..
Alopecist
::
Alopecist
(n.) A
practitioner
who tries to
prevent
or cure
baldness.
Mouse
::
Mouse (n.) A knob made on a rope with spun yarn or
parceling
to
prevent
a
running
eye from
slipping.
Shackle
::
Shackle
(n.)
Something
which
confines
the legs or arms so as to
prevent
their free
motion;
specifically,
a ring or band
inclosing
the ankle or
wrist,
and
fastened
to a
similar
shackle
on the other leg or arm, or to
something
else, by a chain or a
strap;
a gyve; a
fetter..
Blinker
::
Blinker
(n.) A
blinder
for
horses;
a flap of
leather
on a
horse's
bridle
to
prevent
him from
seeing
objects
as his side
hence,
whatever
obstructs
sight or
discernment..
Calk
::
Calk (n.) A
sharp-pointed
piece of iron or steel
projecting
downward
on the shoe of a horse or an ox, to
prevent
the
animal
from
slipping;
--
called
also
calker,
calkin..
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