Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In machinery, the enlarged rectangular end or prism of a pitman or connecting-rod, over which the strap of a strap-joint passes, forming with the end of the prism a rectangular inclosure which holds the brasses or boxes fitted to a crank-wrist or to a cross-head pin. Compare
strap-joint .
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Examples
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They lusted upon her with evil stares, until the stub-end of the arrow in her chest was seen by several of them and indicated to the others with much arm-pointing.
Si'Wren of the Patriarchs Roland Jon Cheney
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She dragged herself halfway out of the water and collapsed, and felt the stub-end of the arrow in her shoulder grate on a rock in the soft sloping bank.
Si'Wren of the Patriarchs Roland Jon Cheney
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Ignoring the stub-end of the arrow in her numbed shoulder, Si'Wren ducked her head down and dropped her eyes to the neck of her steed, hearing the steady blast of breath from his muzzle as the shafts of two embedded arrows vibrated in a rhythmic blur to the thunder of his galloping hooves.
Si'Wren of the Patriarchs Roland Jon Cheney
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She realized that she must be quite a sight to them in her present condition, for her horse and her attire were all black, with the slick glistening red of a coating of blood upon the black stallion's muscular, corded neck beneath where the two arrows were embedded, and much blood also upon the front of her tunic where the stub-end of a broken arrow also protruded from her shoulder.
Si'Wren of the Patriarchs Roland Jon Cheney
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The tang of it was like wine in his blood, and he got up quietly and dressed while he smoked the stub-end of a cigar he had laid aside at midnight.
The Alaskan James Oliver Curwood 1903
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The C & EI entered Evansville from the northeast, ran down the middle of Division Street, and jogged over one block to end at the depot which had run-through tracks and a stub-end terminal for Louisville & Nashville trains.
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Street, and jogged over one block to end at the depot which had run-through tracks and a stub-end terminal for Louisville & Nashville trains.
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For some pipe sizes does the OD (pipe size) of the stub-end not match with the OD of the pipe.
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For some pipe sizes does the OD (pipe size) of the stub-end not match with the OD of the pipe.
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