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Horse :: Horse (a.) An iron bar for a sheet traveler to slide upon.

Link Motion :: Link motion () A valve gear, consisting of two eccentrics with their rods, giving motion to a slide valve by an adjustable connecting bar, called the link, in such a way that the motion of the engine can be reversed, or the cut-off varied, at will; -- used very generally in locomotives and marine engines..

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

Overslip :: Overslip (v. t.) To slip or slide over; to pass easily or carelessly beyond; to omit; to neglect; as, to overslip time or opportunity..

Slider :: Slider (n.) The red-bellied terrapin (Pseudemys rugosa).

Landslide :: Landslide (n.) The land which slips down.

Shears :: Shears (n.) The bedpiece of a machine tool, upon which a table or slide rest is secured; as, the shears of a lathe or planer. See Illust. under Lathe..

Overslide :: Overslide (v. t.) To slide over or by.

Cathetometer :: Cathetometer (n.) An instrument for the accurate measurement of small differences of height; esp. of the differences in the height of the upper surfaces of two columns of mercury or other fluid, or of the same column at different times. It consists of a telescopic leveling apparatus (d), which slides up or down a perpendicular metallic standard very finely graduated (bb). The telescope is raised or depressed in order to sight the objects or surfaces, and the differences in vertical height are th

Slide :: Slide (v. t.) To slip when walking or standing; to fall.

Shear :: Shear (v. t.) An action, resulting from applied forces, which tends to cause two contiguous parts of a body to slide relatively to each other in a direction parallel to their plane of contact; -- also called shearing stress, and tangential stress..

Backslider :: Backslider (n.) One who backslides.

Slide :: Slide (n.) A sound which, by a gradual change in the position of the vocal organs, passes imperceptibly into another sound..

Scene :: Scene (n.) The decorations and fittings of a stage, representing the place in which the action is supposed to go on; one of the slides, or other devices, used to give an appearance of reality to the action of a play; as, to paint scenes; to shift the scenes; to go behind the scenes..

Skip :: Skip (n.) An iron bucket, which slides between guides, for hoisting mineral and rock..

Slide :: Slide (n.) A surface of ice or snow on which children slide for amusement.

Slide :: Slide (n.) The act of sliding; as, a slide on the ice..

Trammel :: Trammel (n.) An instrument for drawing ellipses, one part of which consists of a cross with two grooves at right angles to each other, the other being a beam carrying two pins (which slide in those grooves), and also the describing pencil..

Throw :: Throw (n.) The extreme movement given to a sliding or vibrating reciprocating piece by a cam, crank, eccentric, or the like; travel; stroke; as, the throw of a slide valve. Also, frequently, the length of the radius of a crank, or the eccentricity of an eccentric; as, the throw of the crank of a steam engine is equal to half the stroke of the piston..

Launch :: Launch (v. i.) To cause to move or slide from the land into the water; to set afloat; as, to launch a ship..

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