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Unhingement :: Unhingement (n.) The act unhinging, or the state of being unhinged..

Hingeless :: Hingeless (a.) Without a hinge or joint.

Hanging :: Hanging (a.) Adapted for sustaining a hanging object; as, the hanging post of a gate, the post which holds the hinges..

Joint :: "Joint (n.) A joining of two things or parts so as to admit of motion; an articulation, whether movable or not; a hinge; as, the knee joint; a node or joint of a stem; a ball and socket joint. See Articulation..

Pan :: Pan (n.) A recess, or bed, for the leaf of a hinge..

Turn :: Turn (v. i.) Hence, to revolve as if upon a point of support; to hinge; to depend; as, the decision turns on a single fact..

Diptych :: Diptych (n.) A writing tablet consisting of two leaves of rigid material connected by hinges and shutting together so as to protect the writing within.

Hinge :: Hinge (n.) One of the four cardinal points, east, west, north, or south..

Unhinge :: Unhinge (v. t.) To displace; to unfix by violence.

Umbo :: Umbo (n.) One of the lateral prominence just above the hinge of a bivalve shell.

Whinger :: Whinger (n.) A kind of hanger or sword used as a knife at meals and as a weapon.

Flap :: Flap (v.) A hinged leaf, as of a table or shutter..

Lyopomata :: Lyopomata (n. pl.) An order of brachiopods, in which the valves of shell are not articulated by a hinge. It includes the Lingula, Discina, and allied forms..

Sag :: Sag (v. i.) To sink, in the middle, by its weight or under applied pressure, below a horizontal line or plane; as, a line or cable supported by its ends sags, though tightly drawn; the floor of a room sags; hence, to lean, give way, or settle from a vertical position; as, a building may sag one way or another; a door sags on its hinges..

Heelpost :: Heelpost (n.) The post to which a gate or door is hinged.

Gudgeon :: Gudgeon (n.) The pin of iron fastened in the end of a wooden shaft or axle, on which it turns; formerly, any journal, or pivot, or bearing, as the pintle and eye of a hinge, but esp. the end journal of a horizontal..

Articulata :: Articulata (v.) One of the subdivisions of the Brachiopoda, including those that have the shells united by a hinge..

Testicardines :: Testicardines (n. pl.) A division of brachiopods including those which have a calcareous shell furnished with a hinge and hinge teeth. Terebratula and Spirifer are examples.

Leaf :: Leaf (n.) Something which is like a leaf in being wide and thin and having a flat surface, or in being attached to a larger body by one edge or end; as : (a) A part of a book or folded sheet containing two pages upon its opposite sides. (b) A side, division, or part, that slides or is hinged, as of window shutters, folding doors, etc. (c) The movable side of a table. (d) A very thin plate; as, gold leaf. (e) A portion of fat lying in a separate fold or layer. (f) One of the teeth of a pinion, es

Fly :: Fly (v. i.) The piece hinged to the needle, which holds the engaged loop in position while the needle is penetrating another loop; a latch..

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