One jagged or split at the point, thereby forming springs to prevent its drawing.
·noun The lock of hair that grows from the forepart of the head. II. Forelock ·noun A cotter or spl...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
A flat pointing wedge of iron, used to drive through a mortise hole in the end of a bolt, to retain ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·vi A race; lineage. II. Spring ·vi A youth; a springal. III. Spring ·vi Elastic power or force. ...
(Heb. ain, "the bright open source, the eye of the landscape"). To be carefully distinguished from "...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
A crack running obliquely through any part of a mast or yard, which renders it unsafe to carry the u...
Those with an eye, into which an iron forelock is driven to retain them in place. When secured in th...
·add. ·- A variety of steel, elastic, strong, and tough, rolled for springs, ·etc. ...
The source of continuous motion in a time-keeper. Also, that part of a musket-lock which is sunk int...
In a steamer, a fore-and-aft beam for connecting the two paddle-beams, and supporting the outer end ...
A steel-pronged tool to search for defects in the bore of a gun. ...
Are rather smaller than the stays, and are placed above them, being intended as substitutes should t...
The periodical excess of the elevation and depression of the tide, which occurs when both the sun an...
Newgate, or any other gaol: IRISH. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
See spring. ...