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a small slip noose made with seizing | the part of a lock that is engaged or withdrawn with a key |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