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uniting the edges of sheets which make a butt joint. -- Junction rails (Railroads), the switch, or movable, rails, connecting one line of track with another.

A switchboard in which connections are made by means of plugs.

A switch. [Eng.]

A man who has charge of railroad points or switches. [Eng.]

low chaise, drawn by a pony or a pair of ponies. -- Pony engine, a small locomotive for switching cars from one track to another. [U.S.] -- Pony truck (Locomotive Engine), a truck which has only two wheels. -- Pony truss (Bridge Building), a truss which has so little height that overhead bracing can not be used.…

t will not prick the wearer. -- safety plug. See Fusible plug, under Fusible. -- Safety switch. See Switch. -- Safety touchdown (Football), the act or result of a player's touching to the ground behind his own goal line a ball which received its last impulse from a man on his own side; -- distinguished from touchbac…

otection and shelter; a stall. One that . . . must raise a sconce by the highway and sell switches. Beau. & Fl.

her as safety requires. -- Shifting center. See Metacenter. -- Shifting locomotive. See Switching engine, under Switch.

turn off to one side; especially, to turn off, as a grain or a car upon a side track; to switch off; to shift. For shunting your late partner on to me. T. Hughes.

latively secondary or subordinate in activity, importance, effectiveness, or the like; to switch off; to turn aside, as from a purpose. [Colloq.]

A switch or rod used by thatchers to bind their work. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

A conspicuous disk attached to a switch lever to show its position, or for use as a signal.

y be occupied by one train while another is passing on a main track; a shunt; a siding; a switch.

ed in two directions, usually opposite to one another; as, a two-throw crank; a two-throw switch.

A motor starter provided with an underload switch.