- (n.) A projecting part of a wheel or other moving piece so shaped as to give alternate or variable motion to another piece against which it acts.
- (n.) A ridge or mound of earth.
- (n.) A turning or sliding piece which, by the shape of its periphery or face or a groove in its surface, imparts variable or intermittent motion to or receives such motion from, a rod, lever or block brought into sliding or rolling contact with it.
- (a.) Crooked.
- (n.) A curved wedge, movable about an axis, used for forcing or clamping two pieces together.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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