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A small piece of ordnance, turning on a point or swivel; -- called also swivel gun. Wilhelm. Swivel bridge, a kind of drawbridge that turns round on a vertical axis; a swing bridge. -- Swivel hook, a hook connected with the iron strap of a pulley block by a swivel joint, for readily taking the turns out of a tackle.…

Squint-eyed. [Prov. Eng.]

A light field cannon, or stocked gun mounted on a swivel.

A small wheel on a swivel, on which furniture is supported and moved.

A short musket hooked to a swivel attached to a soldier's belt; -- so called from a representation of a dragon's head at the muzzle. Fairholt.

A small portable piece of ordnance, mounted on a swivel. [Written also gingal and jingall.] [India]

A swivel at one end of a ropewalk, used in laying the strands.

used on the River Thames. -- Monkey block (Naut.), a small single block strapped with a swivel. R. H. Dana, Jr. -- Monkey flower (Bot.), a plant of the genus Mimulus; -- so called from the appearance of its gaping corolla. Gray. -- Monkey gaff (Naut.), a light gaff attached to the topmast for the better display of…

t, formerly used for taking the sun's altitude, consisting of a brass ring suspended by a swivel, with a hole at one side through which a solar ray entering indicated the altitude on the graduated inner surface opposite.

powerful beam of light of approximately parallel rays, usually devised so that it can be swiveled about.

To turn, as on a pivot; to move round; to swivel; as, the needle of a compass traverses; if it does not traverse well, it is an unsafe guide.

A swiveling carriage, consisting of a frame with one or more pairs of wheels and the necessary boxes, springs, etc., to carry and guide one end of a locomotive or a car; -- sometimes called bogie in England. Trucks usually have four or six wheels.

A loop or sleeve with a screw thread at one end and a swivel at the other, -- used for tightening a rod, stay, etc.

A small cannon supported by a swiveled rest on the back of a camel, whence it is fired, -- used in the East.