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Ginglymoidal :: Ginglymoidal (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a ginglymus, or hinge joint; ginglyform..

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

Pintle :: Pintle (n.) The pivot pin of a hinge.

Butt Hinge :: Butt hinge () See 1st Butt, 10..

Unhinge :: Unhinge (v. t.) To take from the hinges; as, to unhinge a door..

Knuckle :: Knuckle (n.) The joining pars of a hinge through which the pin or rivet passes; a knuckle joint.

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

Hook :: Hook (n.) That part of a hinge which is fixed to a post, and on which a door or gate hangs and turns..

Hinged :: Hinged (imp. & p. p.) of Hing.

Crosshead :: Crosshead (n.) A beam or bar across the head or end of a rod, etc., or a block attached to it and carrying a knuckle pin; as the solid crosspiece running between parallel slides, which receives motion from the piston of a steam engine and imparts it to the connecting rod, which is hinged to the crosshead..

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

Cardo :: Cardo (n.) The hinge of a bivalve shell.

Hinge :: Hinge (v. i.) To stand, depend, hang, or turn, as on a hinge; to depend chiefly for a result or decision or for force and validity; -- usually with on or upon; as, the argument hinges on this point..

Beak :: Beak (n.) The upper or projecting part of the shell, near the hinge of a bivalve..

Diptych :: Diptych (n.) A picture or series of pictures painted on two tablets connected by hinges. See Triptych.

Door :: Door (n.) The frame or barrier of boards, or other material, usually turning on hinges, by which an entrance way into a house or apartment is closed and opened..

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..

Turnkey :: Turnkey (n.) An instrument with a hinged claw, -- used for extracting teeth with a twist..

Hinge :: Hinge (v. t.) To bend.

Hinge :: Hinge (n.) That on which anything turns or depends; a governing principle; a cardinal point or rule; as, this argument was the hinge on which the question turned..

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