·add. ·- A punch for punching holes in sheet metal, having a small conical center to insure correct locating.
II. Centre punch ·add. ·- A punch for making indentations or dots in a piece of work, as for suspension between lathe centers, ·etc.
·noun A thrust or blow. II. Punch ·noun A prop, as for the roof of a mine. III. Punch ·noun The bu...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
A liquor called by foreigners Contradiction, from its being composed of spirits to make it strong, w...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
An iron implement for starting bolts in a little, or for driving them out, called a starting or teem...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·vi To be placed in a center; to be central. II. Centre ·noun & ·v ·see <<Center>>. III. Centre ·v...
(usually CENTER) The division of a fleet between the van and the rear of the line of battle, and b...
Treacle, vinegar, gin, and water. ...
·add. ·- A compound hydraulic valve for regulating the passage of the gas through a set of purifiers...
That point in a ship where a vertical line drawn from the centre of cavity cuts a line perpendicular...
See meta-centre. ...
, are synonymous terms in naval architecture for the mean centre of that part of a vessel which is i...
, or balancing point See gravity, centre of. ...
See motion (centre of). ...
The centre of gravity of a ship is that point about which all parts of the body, in any situation, b...
That point of a body which remains at rest whilst all the other parts are in motion about it: as the...
In fortification, the angle formed at the centre of the polygon by lines drawn from thence to the po...
The difference between the true and mean anomalies of a planet. ...