(of meat for roasting)

  • 91Joint stool — Joint Joint (joint), n. [F. joint, fr. joindre, p. p. joint. See {Join}.] [1913 Webster] 1. The place or part where two things or parts are joined or united; the union of two or more smooth or even surfaces admitting of a close fitting or… …

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  • 92Miter joint — Joint Joint (joint), n. [F. joint, fr. joindre, p. p. joint. See {Join}.] [1913 Webster] 1. The place or part where two things or parts are joined or united; the union of two or more smooth or even surfaces admitting of a close fitting or… …

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  • 93Out of joint — Joint Joint (joint), n. [F. joint, fr. joindre, p. p. joint. See {Join}.] [1913 Webster] 1. The place or part where two things or parts are joined or united; the union of two or more smooth or even surfaces admitting of a close fitting or… …

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  • 94Universal joint — Joint Joint (joint), n. [F. joint, fr. joindre, p. p. joint. See {Join}.] [1913 Webster] 1. The place or part where two things or parts are joined or united; the union of two or more smooth or even surfaces admitting of a close fitting or… …

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  • 95broach — I. noun Etymology: Middle English broche, from Anglo French, from Vulgar Latin *brocca, from Latin, feminine of broccus projecting Date: 13th century 1. brooch 2. any of various pointed or tapered tools, implements, or parts: as a. a spit for… …

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  • 96Willard, Simon — ▪ American clockmaker born April 3, 1753, Grafton, Mass., U.S. died Aug. 30, 1848, Roxbury, Mass.       famous American clock maker. Willard was the creator of the timepiece that came to be known as the banjo clock, and he was the most celebrated …

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  • 97broach — broacher, n. /brohch/, n. 1. Mach. an elongated, tapered, serrated cutting tool for shaping and enlarging holes. 2. a spit for roasting meat. 3. a gimlet for tapping casks. 4. (in a lock) a pin receiving the barrel of a key. 5. Also, broach spire …

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  • 98broach — [[t]broʊtʃ[/t]] n. 1) mac an elongated, tapered, serrated cutting tool for shaping and enlarging holes 2) a spit for roasting meat 3) mac a gimlet for tapping casks 4) mac (in a lock) a pin receiving the barrel of a key 5) bui a pointed tool for… …

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  • 99broach — /broʊtʃ / (say brohch) noun 1. Machinery an elongated and tapered tool with serrations which enlarges a given hole as the tool is pulled through the hole, which may be round, square, etc. 2. (in a lock) the pin about which the barrel of the key… …

  • 100barbecue — [17] Barbecue originated in the language of the now extinct Taino people of the West Indies. It first emerges in the Haitian creole term barbacoa, which meant simply ‘wooden framework’ (used for other purposes than roasting meat – for example, as …

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