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110 words match “WAGON”

SKID n. 3 definitions
A shoe or clog, as of iron, attached to a chain, and placed under the wheel of a wagon to prevent its turning when descending a steep hill; a drag; a skidpan; also, by extension, a hook attached to a chain, and used for the same purpose.
SLIPPER n.
A kind of brake or shoe for a wagon wheel.
SQUEAK v.
acute tone, as an animal; or, to make a sharp, disagreeable noise, as a pipe or quill, a wagon wheel, a door; to creak. Who can endure to hear one of the rough old Romans squeaking through the mouth of an eunuch Addison. Zoilus calls the companions of Ulysses the "squeaking pigs" of Homer. Pope.
STAGE n.
evice applied to the stage of a microscope for measuring the size of an object. -- Stage wagon, a wagon which runs between two places for conveying passengers or goods. -- Stage whisper, a loud whisper, as by an actor in a theater, supposed, for dramatic effect, to be unheard by one or more of his fellow actors, yet…
STAND n.
A station in a city or town where carriages or wagons stand for hire; as, a cab stand. Dickens.
STRADDLE v.
To stand with the ends staggered; -- said of the spokes of a wagon wheel where they join the hub.
TACKLE v.
To fasten or attach, as with a tackle; to harness; as, to tackle a horse into a coach or wagon. [Colloq.]
TAILBOARD n.
The board at the rear end of a cart or wagon, which can be removed or let down, for convenience in loading or unloading.
TEAM n.
e horses, oxen, or other beasts harnessed to the same vehicle for drawing, as to a coach, wagon, sled, or the like. "A team of dolphins." Spenser. To take his team and till the earth. Piers Plowman. It happened almost every day that coaches stuck fast, until a team of cattle could be procured from some neighboring farm…
TELEGA n.
A rude four-wheeled, springless wagon, used among the Russians.
TILT n. 2 definitions
The cloth covering of a cart or a wagon.
TRAMROAD n.
A road prepared for easy transit of trams or wagons, by forming the wheel tracks of smooth beams of wood, blocks of stone, or plates of iron.
TRAP n.
A wagon, or other vehicle. [Colloq.] Thackeray.
TREK v.
To travel, esp. by ox wagon; to go from place to place; to migrate. [Chiefly South Africa]
TUG n.
ron, an iron hook or button to which a tug or trace may be attached, as on the shaft of a wagon.
UNLADE v.
To take the load from; to take out the cargo of; as, to unlade a ship or a wagon. The venturous merchant . . . Shall here unlade him and depart no more. Dryden.
UNLOADER n.
One who, or that which, unloads; a device for unloading, as hay from a wagon.
UPSET n.
The act of upsetting, or the state of being upset; an overturn; as, the wagon had an upset.
UTENSIL n.
pecially, an instrument or vessel used in a kitchen, or in domestic and farming business. Wagons fraught with utensils of war. Milton.
VAN n. 2 definitions
A light wagon, either covered or open, used by tradesmen and others fore the transportation of goods. [Eng.]
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