A narrow or constricted part in an implement, instrument, or other manufactured article; a connecting part between two portions of a thing.

The thicker end of a tool, weapon, or other object; the part by which a tool or weapon is held or on which it rests; esp. the lower end of a…

Either of a pair of side pieces in a machine, structure, or manufactured object.

A lateral part or appendage: in various connections. (See also senses 7–12.) A side piece (usually projecting), a lateral projection or member (in…

The acting, striking, or working surface of an implement, tool, or the like; the edge of a knife, sword, etc.; the surface of a tooth.

A projection or attachment on the side or edge of an object (as a piece of machinery, a tool, etc.), typically flattened in shape and featuring a…

Something made of wood: spec. The wooden part of something, as the shaft of a spear.

A long thin appendage in various tools; the tang of a sword-blade (Cent. Dict.); the stem of a marking-gauge; or the like. Also, the projection…

The part of a handle, etc., intended to receive the thumb; a part of a mechanism operated by pressure of the thumb.

plural. Applied to the seizing or holding members of a machine or apparatus, arranged in pairs, and usually capable of an opening and closing…

Any terminal flat or flattish member of a mechanical structure, as the face of an anvil.

An object resembling the external ear. = ear, n.1 11.

Chiefly Australian and New Zealand. Usually in plural. Each of a number of nails, spikes, or studs set into or fastened to the sole of a shoe or…

The angle at a vertex of a solid body; spec. (a) the angle between two diametrically opposite edges or surfaces at the tip of a tool; (b) Dentistry…

A pneumatic rubber bulb-shaped device on syringes, camera-mechanisms, etc.

An interchangeable and frequently rotating part of a hand tool or machine tool that enables the attachment of various accessories.