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==References == | <p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) an instrument for boring holes in rocks by percussion without hammering, consisting of a bar of iron with a chisel-edged steel tip at one or both ends, operated by striking it against the rock, turning it slightly with each blow. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' n.) [[A]] thing that jumps; esp., any of various tools or other contrivances operating with a jumping motion; </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' n.) [[A]] fur garment worn in Arctic journeys. </p> <p> '''(4):''' ''' (''' n.) [[A]] sort of blouse worn by workmen over their ordinary dress to protect it. </p> <p> '''(5):''' ''' (''' n.) [[A]] loose upper garment </p> <p> '''(6):''' ''' (''' n.) spring to impel the star wheel, also a pawl to lock fast a wheel, in a repeating timepiece. </p> <p> '''(7):''' ''' (''' n.) The larva of the cheese fly. See [[Cheese]] fly, under Cheese. </p> <p> '''(8):''' ''' (''' n.) [[A]] name applied in the 18th century to certain Calvinistic [[Methodists]] in [[Wales]] whose worship was characterized by violent convulsions. </p> <p> '''(9):''' ''' (''' n.) One who, or that which, jumps. </p> <p> '''(10):''' ''' (''' n.) [[A]] long drilling tool used by masons and quarrymen. </p> <p> '''(11):''' ''' (''' n.) [[A]] rude kind of sleigh; - usually, a simple box on runners which are in one piece with the poles that form the thills. </p> | ||
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Latest revision as of 05:34, 13 October 2021
Jumper [1]
(1): ( n.) an instrument for boring holes in rocks by percussion without hammering, consisting of a bar of iron with a chisel-edged steel tip at one or both ends, operated by striking it against the rock, turning it slightly with each blow.
(2): ( n.) A thing that jumps; esp., any of various tools or other contrivances operating with a jumping motion;
(3): ( n.) A fur garment worn in Arctic journeys.
(4): ( n.) A sort of blouse worn by workmen over their ordinary dress to protect it.
(5): ( n.) A loose upper garment
(6): ( n.) spring to impel the star wheel, also a pawl to lock fast a wheel, in a repeating timepiece.
(7): ( n.) The larva of the cheese fly. See Cheese fly, under Cheese.
(8): ( n.) A name applied in the 18th century to certain Calvinistic Methodists in Wales whose worship was characterized by violent convulsions.
(9): ( n.) One who, or that which, jumps.
(10): ( n.) A long drilling tool used by masons and quarrymen.
(11): ( n.) A rude kind of sleigh; - usually, a simple box on runners which are in one piece with the poles that form the thills.
