Bridge

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vt To open or make a passage, as by a bridge.

II. Bridge ·add. ·noun A card game resembling whist.

III. Bridge ·vt To build a bridge or bridges on or over; as, to bridge a river.

IV. Bridge ·vt To find a way of getting over, as a difficulty;

— generally with over.

V. Bridge ·noun A device to measure the resistance of a wire or other conductor forming part of an electric circuit.

VI. Bridge ·noun A low wall or vertical partition in the fire chamber of a furnace, for deflecting flame, ·etc.;

— usually called a bridge wall.

VII. Bridge ·noun The small arch or bar at right angles to the strings of a violin, guitar, ·etc., serving of raise them and transmit their vibrations to the body of the instrument.

VIII. Bridge ·noun A structure, usually of wood, stone, brick, or iron, erected over a river or other water course, or over a chasm, railroad, ·etc., to make a passageway from one bank to the other.

IX. Bridge ·noun Anything supported at the ends, which serves to keep some other thing from resting upon the object spanned, as in engraving, watchmaking, ·etc., or which forms a platform or staging over which something passes or is conveyed.

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

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