pivot

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A cylinder of iron or other metal, that may turn easily in a socket. Also, in a column of troops, that flank by which the dressing and distance are regulated; in a line, that on which it wheels.

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← pit-powder × pivot-gun →

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Pivot
·vt To place on a pivot. II. Pivot ·noun A fixed pin or short axis, on the end of which a wheel or ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
pivot-gun
Mounted on a frame carriage which can be turned radially, so as to point the piece in any direction....

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pivot-ship
In certain fleet evolutions, the sternmost ship remains stationary, as a pivot upon which the other ...

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Pivot City, The
a nickname for Geelong. 1860. W. Kelly, `Life in Victoria,' vol. i. p. 160[Footnote]: «The Pivot C...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris