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Brand Iron :: Brand iron () The horizontal bar of an andiron.

Straught :: Stratus (n.) A form of clouds in which they are arranged in a horizontal band or layer. See Cloud.

Treadmill :: Treadmill (n.) A mill worked by persons treading upon steps on the periphery of a wide wheel having a horizontal axis. It is used principally as a means of prison discipline. Also, a mill worked by horses, dogs, etc., treading an endless belt..

Tread :: Tread (n.) The upper horizontal part of a step, on which the foot is placed..

Trestletree :: Trestletree (n.) One of two strong bars of timber, fixed horizontally on the opposite sides of the masthead, to support the crosstrees and the frame of the top; -- generally used in the plural..

Feathering :: Feathering (n.) The act of turning the blade of the oar, as it rises from the water in rowing, from a vertical to a horizontal position. See To feather an oar, under Feather, v. t..

Trapeze :: Trapeze (n.) A swinging horizontal bar, suspended at each end by a rope; -- used by gymnasts..

Depressed :: Depressed (a.) Having the vertical diameter shorter than the horizontal or transverse; -- said of the bodies of animals, or of parts of the bodies..

Wicket :: Wicket (n.) A small framework at which the ball is bowled. It consists of three rods, or stumps, set vertically in the ground, with one or two short rods, called bails, lying horizontally across the top..

Cant :: Cant (n.) An inclination from a horizontal or vertical line; a slope or bevel; a titl.

Wear :: Wear (n.) A long notch with a horizontal edge, as in the top of a vertical plate or plank, through which water flows, -- used in measuring the quantity of flowing water..

Horizontal :: Horizontal (a.) Pertaining to, or near, the horizon..

Beam :: Beam (n.) One of the principal horizontal timbers of a building or ship.

Vinculum :: Vinculum (n.) A straight, horizontal mark placed over two or more members of a compound quantity, which are to be subjected to the same operation, as in the expression x2 + y2 - x + y..

Drip :: Drip (n.) That part of a cornice, sill course, or other horizontal member, which projects beyond the rest, and is of such section as to throw off the rain water..

Windlass :: Windlass (n.) A machine for raising weights, consisting of a horizontal cylinder or roller moving on its axis, and turned by a crank, lever, or similar means, so as to wind up a rope or chain attached to the weight. In vessels the windlass is often used instead of the capstan for raising the anchor. It is usually set upon the forecastle, and is worked by hand or steam..

Steep :: Steep (v. t.) Making a large angle with the plane of the horizon; ascending or descending rapidly with respect to a horizontal line or a level; precipitous; as, a steep hill or mountain; a steep roof; a steep ascent; a steep declivity; a steep barometric gradient..

Stringhalt :: Stringer (n.) A long horizontal timber to connect uprights in a frame, or to support a floor or the like..

Bed :: Bed (n.) A layer or seam, or a horizontal stratum between layers; as, a bed of coal, iron, etc..

Turbine :: Turbine (n.) A water wheel, commonly horizontal, variously constructed, but usually having a series of curved floats or buckets, against which the water acts by its impulse or reaction in flowing either outward from a central chamber, inward from an external casing, or from above downward, etc.; -- also called turbine wheel..

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