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Shining; brilliant. [Obs.] "Lamping eyes." Spenser.

Shining. [Obs.] G. Fletcher.

A curved wedge, movable about an axis, used for forcing or clamping two pieces together.

To tread heavily or clumsily; to clump. The policeman with clamping feet. Thackeray.

pling. See under Box, Chain. -- Coupling box, a coupling shaped like a journal box, for clamping together the ends of two shafts, so that they may revolve together. -- Coupling pin, a pin or bolt used in coupling or joining together railroad cars, etc.

, a glance or brief look to one side. -- Side hook (Carp.), a notched piece of wood for clamping a board to something, as a bench. -- Side lever, a working beam of a side-lever engine. -- Side-lever engine, a marine steam engine having a working beam of each side of the cylinder, near the bottom of the engine, commu…