a sudden abandonment (as from a political party) | (boxing) the act of one boxer holding onto the other to avoid being hit and to rest momentarily |
the act of moving with great haste | a tight or amorous embrace |
a screw that screws into a nut to form a fastener | the flattened part of a nail or bolt or rivet |
the part of a lock that is engaged or withdrawn with a key | a small slip noose made with seizing |
a sliding bar in a breech-loading firearm that ejects an empty cartridge and replaces it and closes the breech | a device (generally used by carpenters) that holds things firmly together |
a roll of cloth or wallpaper of a definite length | |
a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder | |