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ROGET'S THESAURUS OF ENGLISH WORDS AND PHRASES ...

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mechanical powers; lever, leverage; mechanical advantage; crow, crowbar;<br />

handspike † , gavelock † , jemmy † , jimmy, arm, limb, wing; oar, paddle; pulley; wheel and<br />

axle; wheelwork, clockwork; wheels within wheels; pinion, crank, winch; cam; pedal;<br />

capstan &c (lift) 307; wheel &c (rotation) 312; inclined plane; wedge; screw; spring,<br />

mainspring; can hook, glut, heald † , heddle † , jenny, parbuckle † , sprag † , water wheel.<br />

handle, hilt, haft, shaft, heft, shank, blade, trigger, tiller, helm, treadle, key; turnscrew,<br />

screwdriver; knocker.<br />

hammer &c (impulse) 276; edge tool &c (cut) 253; borer &c 262; vice, teeth, &c<br />

(hold) 781; nail, rope &c (join) 45; peg &c (hang) 214; support &c 215; spoon &c<br />

(vehicle) 272; arms &c 727; oar &c (navigation) 267; cardiograph, recapper † , snowplow,<br />

tenpenny † , votograph † .<br />

Adj. instrumental &c 631; mechanical, machinal † ; brachial [Med.].<br />

634. Substitute -- N. substitute &c 147; deputy &c 759; badli † .<br />

635. Materials -- N. material, raw material, stuff, stock, staple; adobe, brown stone;<br />

chinking; clapboard; daubing; puncheon; shake; shingle, bricks and mortar; metal; stone;<br />

clay, brick crockery &c 384; compo, composition; concrete; reinforced concrete, cement;<br />

wood, ore, timber.<br />

materials; supplies, munition, fuel, grist, household stuff pabulum &c (food) 298;<br />

ammunition &c (arms) 727; contingents; relay, reinforcement, reenforcement † ; baggage<br />

&c (personal property) 780; means &c 632; calico, cambric, cashmere.<br />

Adj. raw &c (unprepared) 674; wooden &c n.; adobe.<br />

636. Store -- N. stock, fund, mine, vein, lode, quarry; spring; fount, fountain; well,<br />

wellspring; milch cow.<br />

stock in trade, supply; heap &c (collection) 72; treasure; reserve, corps de reserve,<br />

reserved fund, nest egg, savings, bonne bouche [Fr.].<br />

crop, harvest, mow, vintage.<br />

store, accumulation, hoard, rick, stack; lumber; relay &c (provision) 637.<br />

storehouse, storeroom, storecloset † ; depository, depot, cache, repository, reservatory † ,<br />

repertory; repertorium † ; promptuary † , warehouse, entrepot [Fr.], magazine; buttery,<br />

larder, spence † ; garner, granary; cannery, safe-deposit vault, stillroom † ; thesaurus; bank<br />

&c (treasury) 802; armory; arsenal; dock; gallery, museum, conservatory; menagery † ,<br />

menagerie.<br />

reservoir, cistern, aljibar † , tank, pond, mill pond; gasometer † .<br />

budget, quiver, bandolier, portfolio; coffer &c (receptacle) 191.<br />

conservation; storing &c v.; storage.<br />

V. store; put by, lay by, set by; stow away; set apart, lay apart; store treasure, hoard<br />

treasure, lay up, heap up, put up, garner up, save up; bank; cache; accumulate, amass,<br />

hoard, fund, garner, save.<br />

reserve; keep back, hold back; husband, husband one's resources.<br />

deposit; stow, stack, load; harvest; heap, collect &c 72; lay in store &c Adj.; keep, file<br />

(papers); lay in &c (provide) 637; preserve &c 670.<br />

Adj. stored &c v.; in store, in reserve, in ordinary; spare, supernumerary.<br />

Phr. adde parvum parvo magnus acervus erit [Lat.].

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