Metal+pin+or+fastening

  • 71brad — noun /bɹad,bɹæd/ a) A thin, small nail, with a slight projection at the top on one side instead of a head, or occasionally with a small domed head, similar to that of an escutcheon pin. Into the middle arch of each desk silver headed brads had… …

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  • 72DRESS — In the Bible The biblical terms for clothing (Heb. בֶּגֶד, beged; כְּסוּת, kesut; לְבוּשׁ, levush) and the corresponding verbs are employed in connection with the cover of the body for warmth or reasons of modesty. Extensive use is also made of… …

    Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • 73BDSM — Not to be confused with DBMS. BDSM Aspects B D, B/D, or BD Bondage and Discipline D s, D/s, or Ds …

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  • 74clasp — /klasp, klahsp/, n., v., clasped or (Archaic) claspt /klaspt, klahspt/; clasping. n. 1. a device, usually of metal, for fastening together two or more things or parts of the same thing: a clasp for paper money; a clasp on a necklace. 2. a firm… …

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  • 75Judaism — /jooh dee iz euhm, day , deuh /, n. 1. the monotheistic religion of the Jews, having its ethical, ceremonial, and legal foundation in the precepts of the Old Testament and in the teachings and commentaries of the rabbis as found chiefly in the… …

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  • 76Key — /kee/, n. Francis Scott, 1780 1843, U.S. lawyer: author of The Star Spangled Banner. * * * I In music, system of pitches and harmonies generated from a scale of seven tones, one of which is predominantly important. Keys are a basic element of… …

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  • 77point — /poynt/, n. 1. a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger. 2. a projecting part of anything: A point of land juts into the bay. 3. a tapering extremity: the points of the fingers. 4. something having a sharp or tapering end: a pen point. 5. a… …

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  • 78Osteosynthesis — A surgical procedure that stabilizes and joins the ends of fractured (broken) bones by mechanical devices such as metal plates, pins, rods, wires or screws. Osteosynthesis refers particularly to internal fixation of a fracture by such means, as… …

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  • 79hasp — [hα:sp] noun a slotted hinged metal plate that forms part of a fastening for a door or lid and is fitted over a metal loop and secured by a pin or padlock. Origin OE hæpse, hæsp, of Gmc origin …

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  • 80peg — [[t]pɛg[/t]] n. v. pegged, peg•ging, adj. 1) bui a cylindrical or tapered pin of wood, metal, etc., driven or fitted into something as a fastening, support or stopper 2) a notch or degree: to come down a peg[/ex] 3) an occasion, basis, or reason …

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