Definition of hinge

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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..

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Grapple :: Grapple (v. t.) An instrument, usually with hinged claws, for seizing and holding fast to an object; a grab..
Hinge :: Hinge (v. t.) To attach by, or furnish with, hinges..
Harre :: Harre (n.) A hinge.
Verticle :: Verticle (n.) An axis; hinge; a turning point.
Cardo :: Cardo (n.) The hinge of a bivalve shell.
Whinge :: Whinge (v. i.) To whine.
Unhinge :: Unhinge (v. t.) To displace; to unfix by violence.
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..
Anodon :: Anodon (n.) A genus of fresh-water bivalves, having no teeth at the hinge..
Hinged :: Hinged (a.) Furnished with hinges.
Pan :: Pan (n.) A recess, or bed, for the leaf of a hinge..
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..
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
Inarticulate :: Inarticulate (a.) Without a hinge; -- said of an order (Inarticulata or Ecardines) of brachiopods.
Unhinge :: Unhinge (v. t.) To take from the hinges; as, to unhinge a door..
Wing-shell :: Wing-shell (n.) Any one of various species of marine bivalve shells belonging to the genus Avicula, in which the hinge border projects like a wing..
Whinger :: Whinger (n.) A kind of hanger or sword used as a knife at meals and as a weapon.
Summitless :: Summit (n.) The most elevated part of a bivalve shell, or the part in which the hinge is situated..
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.
Blind :: Blind (n.) Something to hinder sight or keep out light; a screen; a cover; esp. a hinged screen or shutter for a window; a blinder for a horse.
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