index-rod

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• index

  index, dĭcis, com. [1. indico], he who (that which) points out, a pointer, indicator (class.). I L...

  A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

• index

  index dicis, m and f in+DIC-, one who points out, a discloser, discoverer, informer, witness : fal...

  An Elementary Latin Dictionary

• Index

  ·noun A prologue indicating what follows. II. Index ·noun That which points out; that which shows, ...

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• index

  The flat bar which carries the nonius scale and index-glass of a quadrant, octant, quintant, or sext...

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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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• index-finger

  See fore-finger ...

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• index-error

  The reading of the verniers of the above-named instruments. It is the correction to be applied to th...

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• index-glass

  A plane speculum, or mirror of quick-silvered glass, which moves with the index, and is designed to ...

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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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• fit-rod

  A small iron rod with a hook at the end, which is put into the holes made in a vessel's side, to asc...

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• gauge-rod

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

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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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• 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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