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w depression, perforation, or aperture; esp., one for the reception of a piece fitting or sliding in it.

trough through which water flows, -- used for washing auriferous earth. Sluice gate, the sliding gate of a sluice.

To cheat, as by sliding a die; to trick. [R.] To slur men of what they fought for. Hudibras.

Causing no resistance to a body sliding along its surface; frictionless.

A pipe wrench having an adjustable L-shaped jaw piece sliding in a sleeve that is pivoted to, and loosely embraces, the handle. Pressure on the handle increases the grip.

place, or answers the purpose, of a rebate. Also, a pin or block to prevent a drawer from sliding too far.

rods in an umbrella, attached at one end to one of the ribs, and at the other to the tube sliding upon the handle.

The sliding block or support, in a lathe, which carries the dead spindle, or adjustable center. The headstock supports the live spindle.

The sliding crosspiece, or vane, on a leveling staff.

Having the power of extension by joints sliding one within another, like the tube of a small telescope or a spyglass; especially (Mach.), constructed of concentric tubes, either stationary, as in the telescopic boiler, or movable, as in the telescopic chimney of a war vessel, which may be put out of sight by being lowe…

The extreme movement given to a sliding or vibrating reciprocating piece by a cam, crank, eccentric, or the like; travel; stroke; as, the throw of a slide valve. Also, frequently, the length of the radius of a crank, or the eccentricity of an eccentric; as, the throw of the crank of a steam engine is equal to half the…

A lifting or sliding door covering an opening in a roof or floor.

An iron encircling a rope, bar, spar, or the like, and sliding thereon. Traveler's joy (Bot.), the Clematis vitalba, a climbing plant with white flowers. -- Traveler's tree. (Bot.) See Ravenala.

A barrier, sliding door, movable screen, curtain, or the like. Men drinken and the travers draw anon. Chaucer. And the entrance of the king, The first traverse was drawn. F. Beaumont.

Resting on a track at the bottom, instead of being suspended; - - said of a sliding door. Forney.

ver, applied to an aperture so that by its movement, as by swinging, lifting and falling, sliding, turning, or the like, it will open or close the aperture to permit or prevent passage, as of a fluid.

ne on the instrument. Vernier calipers, Vernier gauge, a gauge with a graduated bar and a sliding jaw bearing a vernier, used for accurate measurements. -- Vernier compass, a surveyor's compass with a vernier for the accurate adjustment of the zero point in accordance with magnetic variation. -- Vernier transit, a su…