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Voussoir :: Voussoir (n.) One of the wedgelike stones of which an arch is composed.

Gad :: Gad (n.) A pointed or wedge-shaped instrument of metal, as a steel wedge used in mining, etc..

Boottree :: Boottree (n.) An instrument to stretch and widen the leg of a boot, consisting of two pieces, together shaped like a leg, between which, when put into the boot, a wedge is driven..

Gad :: Gad (n.) A wedge-shaped billet of iron or steel.

Key :: Key (n.) A bar, pin or wedge, to secure a crank, pulley, coupling, etc., upon a shaft, and prevent relative turning; sometimes holding by friction alone, but more frequently by its resistance to shearing, being usually embedded partly in the shaft and partly in the crank, pulley, etc..

Glut :: Glut (n.) A wooden wedge used in splitting blocks.

Sphenoid :: Sphenoid (a.) Wedge-shaped; as, a sphenoid crystal..

Spall :: Spall (v. i.) To give off spalls, or wedge-shaped chips; -- said of stone, as when badly set, with the weight thrown too much on the outer surface..

Key :: Key (v. t.) To fasten or secure firmly; to fasten or tighten with keys or wedges.

Wedged :: Wedged (imp. & p. p.) of Wedg.

Echelon :: Echelon (n.) An arrangement of a fleet in a wedge or V formation.

Wedge :: Wedge (n.) A piece of metal, or other hard material, thick at one end, and tapering to a thin edge at the other, used in splitting wood, rocks, etc., in raising heavy bodies, and the like. It is one of the six elementary machines called the mechanical powers. See Illust. of Mechanical powers, under Mechanical..

Cam :: Cam (n.) A curved wedge, movable about an axis, used for forcing or clamping two pieces together..

Jack :: Jack (n.) A wooden wedge for separating rocks rent by blasting.

Cuneated :: Cuneated (a.) Wedge-shape.

Arch Brick :: Arch brick () A wedge-shaped brick used in the building of an arch.

Coin :: Coin (n.) A quoin; a corner or external angle; a wedge. See Coigne, and Quoin..

Wedge :: Wedge (n.) Anything in the form of a wedge, as a body of troops drawn up in such a form..

Gib :: Gib (n.) A piece or slip of metal or wood, notched or otherwise, in a machine or structure, to hold other parts in place or bind them together, or to afford a bearing surface; -- usually held or adjusted by means of a wedge, key, or screw..

Wedgewise :: Wedgewise (adv.) In the manner of a wedge.

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