Screw-driver |
A tool for turning screws so as to drive them into their place. It has a thin end which enters the nick in the head of the screw. |
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Stake |
A piece of wood, usually long and slender, pointed at one end so as to be easily driven into the ground as a support or stay; as, a stake to support vines, fences, hedges, etc. |
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Stake |
A stick inserted upright in a lop, eye, or mortise, at the side or end of a cart, a flat car, or the like, to prevent goods from falling off. |
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Stake |
The piece of timber to which a martyr was affixed to be burned; hence, martyrdom by fire. |
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Stake |
A small anvil usually furnished with a tang to enter a hole in a bench top, -- used by tinsmiths, blacksmiths, etc., for light work, punching upon, etc. |
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Stake |
That which is laid down as a wager; that which is staked or hazarded; a pledge. |
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Stake |
To fasten, support, or defend with stakes; as, to stake vines or plants. |
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Stake |
To mark the limits of by stakes; -- with out; as, to stake out land; to stake out a new road. |
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Stake |
To put at hazard upon the issue of competition, or upon a future contingency; to wager; to pledge. |
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Stake |
To pierce or wound with a stake. |
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Driver |
One who, or that which, drives; the person or thing that urges or compels anything else to move onward. |
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Driver |
The person who drives beasts or a carriage; a coachman; a charioteer, etc.; hence, also, one who controls the movements of a locomotive. |
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Driver |
An overseer of a gang of slaves or gang of convicts at their work. |
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Driver |
A part that transmits motion to another part by contact with it, or through an intermediate relatively movable part, as a gear which drives another, or a lever which moves another through a link, etc. Specifically: |
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Driver |
The driving wheel of a locomotive. |
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Driver |
An attachment to a lathe, spindle, or face plate to turn a carrier. |
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Driver |
A crossbar on a grinding mill spindle to drive the upper stone. |
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Driver |
The after sail in a ship or bark, being a fore-and-aft sail attached to a gaff; a spanker. |
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