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  • 1set — [set] vt. set, setting [ME setten < OE settan (akin to Ger setzen & Goth satjan < Gmc * satjan), caus. formation “to cause to sit” < base of SIT] 1. to place in a sitting position; cause to sit; seat 2. a) to cause (a fowl) to sit on… …

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  • 2set your teeth on edge — Meaning Origin From Shakespeare s Henry IV. HOTSPUR: Marry, And I am glad of it with all my heart: I had rather be a kitten and cry mew Than one of these same metre ballad mongers; I had rather hear a brazen canstick turn d, Or a dry wheel grate… …

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  • 3Multi-axle bus — Main article: Bus A tri axle coach, the Neoplan Skyliner A multi axle bus is a bus or coach that has more than the conventional two axles, usually three (known as a tri axle bus), or more rarely, four (known as a quad axle bus). Extra axles are… …

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  • 4Beam axle — Solid axle and Panhard rod on a 2002 Mazda MPV A beam axle is a suspension system, also called a solid axle, in which one set of wheels is connected laterally by a single beam or shaft. A live axle is a type of beam axle in which the shaft (or… …

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  • 5Klien-Lindner axle — The Klien Lindner axle (German: Klien Lindner Hohlachse ) is an mechanical component that was designed by the German engineers, Ewald Klien and Heinrich Lindner, of the Royal Saxon State Railways ( Königlich Sächsischen Staats Eisenbahnen ).It… …

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  • 6Wheel and axle — Wheel Wheel (hw[=e]l), n. [OE. wheel, hweol, AS. hwe[ o]l, hweogul, hweowol; akin to D. wiel, Icel. hv[=e]l, Gr. ky klos, Skr. cakra; cf. Icel. hj[=o]l, Dan. hiul, Sw. hjul. [root]218. Cf. {Cycle}, {Cyclopedia}.] [1913 Webster] 1. A circular… …

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  • 7Cross axle — Cross Cross (kr[o^]s), a. 1. Not parallel; lying or falling athwart; transverse; oblique; intersecting. [1913 Webster] The cross refraction of the second prism. Sir I. Newton. [1913 Webster] 2. Not accordant with what is wished or expected;… …

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  • 8cross axle — noun 1. : a shaft, windlass, or roller worked by levers at opposite ends (as in the copperplate printing press) 2. : a driving axle with cranks set at an angle of 90 degrees …

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  • 9AAR wheel arrangement — The AAR wheel arrangement system is a method of classifying locomotive (or unit) wheel arrangements that was developed by the Association of American Railroads. It is essentially a simplification of the European UIC classification, and it is… …

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  • 10Road train — This article is about connected heavy goods vehicles. For lighter recreational road trains, see Trackless train. For electronic road trains, see Platoon (automobile). For the film, see Road Train (film). Volvo NH15 BP tanker road train A road… …

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