Definition of switch

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Switch (n.) A movable part of a rail; or of opposite rails, for transferring cars from one track to another..

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Switch :: Switch (v. t.) To swing or whisk; as, to switch a cane..
Pointsman :: Pointsman (n.) A man who has charge of railroad points or switches.
Cut-out :: Cut-out (n.) A species of switch for changing the current from one circuit to another, or for shortening a circuit..
Switch :: Switch (v. t.) To strike with a switch or small flexible rod; to whip.
Switch :: Switch (n.) A movable part of a rail; or of opposite rails, for transferring cars from one track to another..
Gird :: Gird (n.) A stroke with a rod or switch; a severe spasm; a twinge; a pang.
Switch :: Switch (n.) A separate mass or trees of hair, or of some substance (at jute) made to resemble hair, worn on the head by women..
Switchel :: Switch (v. i.) To walk with a jerk.
Switching :: Switched (imp. & p. p.) of Switc.
Shunt :: Shunt (v. t.) To turn off to one side; especially, to turn off, as a grain or a car upon a side track; to switch off; to shift..
Turn-out :: Turn-out (n.) A short side track on a railroad, which may be occupied by one train while another is passing on a main track; a shunt; a siding; a switch..
Sway-backed :: Sway (n.) A switch or rod used by thatchers to bind their work.
Switch :: Switch (v. t.) To trim, as, a hedge..
Switch :: Switch (n.) A small, flexible twig or rod..
Switched :: Switch (n.) A mechanical device for shifting an electric current to another circuit.
Switch :: Switching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Switc.
Switchman :: Switchmen (pl. ) of Switchma.
Automatical :: Automatical (a.) Pertaining to, or produced by, an automaton; of the nature of an automaton; self-acting or self-regulating under fixed conditions; -- esp. applied to machinery or devices in which certain things formerly or usually done by hand are done by the machine or device itself; as, the automatic feed of a lathe; automatic gas lighting; an automatic engine or switch; an automatic mouse..
Target :: Target (n.) A conspicuous disk attached to a switch lever to show its position, or for use as a signal..
Switch :: Switch (v. t.) To turn from one railway track to another; to transfer by a switch; -- generally with off, from, etc.; as, to switch off a train; to switch a car from one track to another..
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