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The torpedo, or electric ray, the touch of which gives an electric shock. See Electric fish, and Torpedo.

ydraulic cushion for a falling weight, as in the valve gear of a steam engine, to prevent shock.

echanism and the hammer head, or helve, to lessen the recoil of the hammer and reduce the shock upon the mechanism.

upon the box of the driving axle of a locomotive engine to support the weight and deaden shocks. [Eng.] Weale. -- Driving wheel (Mach.), a wheel that communicates motion; one of the large wheels of a locomotive to which the connecting rods of the engine are attached; -- called also, simply, driver. See Illust. of Loc…

awdust, etc. It is safer than nitroglycerin, being less liable to explosion from moderate shocks, or from spontaneous decomposition.

the earth, due to subterranean causes, often accompanied by a rumbling noise. The wave of shock sometimes traverses half a hemisphere, destroying cities and many thousand lives; -- called also earthdin, earthquave, and earthshock. Earthquake alarm, a bell signal constructed to operate on the theory that a few seconds b…

ate or condition, after being depressed or overtaxed; having power to recover easily from shocks and trials; as, elastic spirits; an elastic constitution. Elastic bitumen. (Min.) See Elaterite. -- Elastic curve. (a) (Geom.) The curve made by a thin elastic rod fixed horizontally at one end and loaded at the other. (b)…

electricus of the Nile). They have a large electrical organ and are able to give powerful shocks; -- called also sheathfish. -- Electric clock. See under Clock, and see Electro-chronograph. -- Electric current, a current or stream of electricity traversing a closed circuit formed of conducting substances, or passing…

To cause electricity to pass through; to affect by electricity; to give an electric shock to; as, to electrify a limb, or the body.

Anything serving as a cushion to lessen the shock when a vessel comes in contact with another vessel or a wharf.

ed especially in the phrase to forge ahead. Totten. And off she [a ship] forged without a shock. De Quincey.

Anything strange, ugly or shocking, producing a feeling of alarm or aversion. [Colloq.]

Full of that which causes fright; exciting alarm; impressing terror; shocking; as, a frightful chasm, or tempest; a frightful appearance.

Horrible; shocking; dreadful; hideous. Mangled with ghastly wounds through plate and mail. Milton.

ic eel. It has a greenish, eel-like body, and is possessed of electric power. One fearful shock, fearful but momentary, like from the electric blow of the gymnotus. De Quincey.

Shocked; dismayed.

To affect at heart; to shock. [R.] "The seek to heartstrike us." B. Jonson.

Shocked with pain, fear, or remorse; dismayed; heartstricken. Milton.

Frightful, shocking, or offensive to the eyes; dreadful to behold; as, a hideous monster; hideous looks. "A piteous and hideous spectacle." Macaulay.

Exciting, or tending to excite, horror or fear; dreadful; terrible; shocking; hideous; as, a horrible sight; a horrible story; a horrible murder. A dungeon horrible on all sides round. Milton.