Definition of bridge

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Bridge (n.) Anything supported at the ends, which serves to keep some other thing from resting upon the object spanned, as in engraving, watchmaking, etc., or which forms a platform or staging over which something passes or is conveyed..

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Ponvolant :: Ponvolant (n.) A kind of light bridge, used in sieges, for surprising a post or outwork which has but a narrow moat; a flying bridge..
Plyer :: Plyer (n.) A kind of balance used in raising and letting down a drawbridge. It consists of timbers joined in the form of a St. Andrew's cross.
Commoner :: Commoner (n.) A student in the university of Oxford, Eng., who is not dependent on any foundation for support, but pays all university charges; - - at Cambridge called a pensioner..
Epitomist :: Epitomist (n.) One who makes an epitome; one who abridges; an epitomizer.
Fabricate :: Fabricate (v. t.) To form into a whole by uniting its parts; to frame; to construct; to build; as, to fabricate a bridge or ship..
Summation :: Summary (a.) A general or comprehensive statement; an abridged account; an abstract, abridgment, or compendium, containing the sum or substance of a fuller account..
Sill :: Sill (n.) The basis or foundation of a thing; especially, a horizontal piece, as a timber, which forms the lower member of a frame, or supports a structure; as, the sills of a house, of a bridge, of a loom, and the like..
Wheatstone''s Bridge :: Wheatstone's bridge () See under Bridge.
College :: College (n.) A society of scholars or friends of learning, incorporated for study or instruction, esp. in the higher branches of knowledge; as, the colleges of Oxford and Cambridge Universities, and many American colleges..
Bridgepot :: Bridgepot (n.) The adjustable socket, or step, of a millstone spindle..
Trestle :: Trestle (n.) A movable frame or support for anything, as scaffolding, consisting of three or four legs secured to a top piece, and forming a sort of stool or horse, used by carpenters, masons, and other workmen; also, a kind of framework of strong posts or piles, and crossbeams, for supporting a bridge, the track of a railway, or the like..
Wranglership :: Wranglership (n.) The honor or position of being a wrangler at the University of Cambridge, England..
Strengthen :: Strengthen (v. t.) To make strong or stronger; to add strength to; as, to strengthen a limb, a bridge, an army; to strengthen an obligation; to strengthen authority..
Dean :: Dean (n.) The collegiate officer in the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, England, who, besides other duties, has regard to the moral condition of the college..
Bridged :: Bridged (imp. & p. p.) of Bridg.
Pontifical :: Pontifical (a.) Of or pertaining to the building of bridges.
Bridge :: Bridge (v. t.) To build a bridge or bridges on or over; as, to bridge a river..
Wrangler :: Wrangler (n.) One of those who stand in the first rank of honors in the University of Cambridge, England. They are called, according to their rank, senior wrangler, second wrangler, third wrangler, etc. Cf. Optime..
Bridge :: Bridge (v. t.) To find a way of getting over, as a difficulty; -- generally with over..
Sizar :: Sizar (n.) One of a body of students in the universities of Cambridge (Eng.) and Dublin, who, having passed a certain examination, are exempted from paying college fees and charges. A sizar corresponded to a servitor at Oxford..
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