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Fit
·noun A stroke or blow. II. Fit ·superl Prepared; ready. III. Fit ·- imp. & ·p.p. of Fight. IV. F...

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fit
Suitable. It won't fit; It will not suit or do. ...

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fit
Any short return after intermission; a turn; a period or interval.--Webster. The houses in many par...

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Rod
·noun An instrument for measuring. II. Rod ·noun A support for a fishing line; a fish pole. III. R...

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rod
The connecting and coupling bars of the steam-engine. (See sounding-rod.) ...

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conniption fit
This term is exclusively used by the fair sex, who can best explain its meaning. As near as I can ju...

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Aaron's rod
·- A plant with a tall flowering stem; ·esp. the great mullein, or hag-taper, and the golden-rod. I...

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Black Rod
·- An usher in the legislature of British colonies. II. Black Rod ·- the usher to the Chapter of th...

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Gauging rod
·- ·see Gauge rod, under Gauge, ·noun. ...

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Golden-rod
·noun A tall herb (Solidago Virga-aurea), bearing yellow flowers in a graceful elongated cluster. Th...

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Tappet rod
·add. ·- A rod carrying a tappet or tappets, as one for closing the valves in a Cornish pumping engi...

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Tie-rod
·noun A rod used as a tie. ·see <<Tie>>. ...

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Withe-rod
·noun A North American shrub (Viburnum nudum) whose tough osierlike shoots are sometimes used for bi...

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connecting-rod
In the marine engine, the part which connects the side-levers and the crank together. ...

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excentric rod
, by its action on the gab-lever, which it catches either way, puts the engine into gear. ...

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gauge-rod
A graduated iron for sounding the pump-well. ...

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index-rod
A graduated indicator. ...

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piston-rod
A rod which is firmly fixed in the piston by a key driven through both. ...

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rhiland-rod
A Dutch measure of 12 English feet, formerly in use with us: it is more properly Rhine-land rod. ...

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sounding-rod
A slight rod of iron marked with feet and inches, which being let down by a line in a groove of the ...

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fit for duty
In an effective state for service. ...

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fit rigging, to
To cut or fit the standing and running rigging to the masts, &c. ...

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slide-valve rod
A rod connecting the slide-valves of an engine, to both of which it is joined; it passes through the...

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