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Scotch :: Scotch (n.) A chock, wedge, prop, or other support, to prevent slipping; as, a scotch for a wheel or a log on inclined ground..

Beetle :: Beetle (v. t.) A heavy mallet, used to drive wedges, beat pavements, etc..

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

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

Wedge-formed :: Wedge-formed (a.) Having the form of a wedge; cuneiform.

Cuniform :: Cuniform (a.) Wedge-shaped; as, a cuneiform bone; -- especially applied to the wedge-shaped or arrowheaded characters of ancient Persian and Assyrian inscriptions. See Arrowheaded..

Sphenoid :: Sphenoid (n.) A wedge-shaped crystal bounded by four equal isosceles triangles. It is the hemihedral form of a square pyramid.

Wedge :: Wedge (v. t.) To cut, as clay, into wedgelike masses, and work by dashing together, in order to expel air bubbles, etc..

Quoin :: Quoin (n.) A wedgelike piece of stone, wood metal, or other material, used for various purposes.

Cuniform :: Cuniform (a.) Pertaining to, or versed in, the ancient wedge-shaped characters, or the inscriptions in them..

Wedge-tailed :: Wedge-tailed (a.) Having a tail which has the middle pair of feathers longest, the rest successively and decidedly shorter, and all more or less attenuate; -- said of certain birds. See Illust. of Wood hoopoe, under Wood..

Pickaxe :: Pickaxe (n.) A pick with a point at one end, a transverse edge or blade at the other, and a handle inserted at the middle; a hammer with a flattened end for driving wedges and a pointed end for piercing as it strikes..

Wedge :: Wedge (v. t.) To cleave or separate with a wedge or wedges, or as with a wedge; to rive..

Jam :: Jam (v. t.) To press into a close or tight position; to crowd; to squeeze; to wedge in.

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..

Wedgebill :: Wedgebill (n.) An Australian crested insessorial bird (Sphenostoma cristatum) having a wedge-shaped bill. Its color is dull brown, like the earth of the plains where it lives..

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

Wedge :: Wedge (n.) A solid of five sides, having a rectangular base, two rectangular or trapezoidal sides meeting in an edge, and two triangular ends..

Wedge :: Wedge (v. t.) To force or drive as a wedge is driven.

Gore :: Gore (v.) A wedgeshaped or triangular piece of cloth, canvas, etc., sewed into a garment, sail, etc., to give greater width at a particular part..

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