Rapson's slide
noun
Rap·son's slide
ˈrapsənz-
: a device that consists of a crosshead capable of moving in fixed guides and having a pivoted block with a hole in it through which passes a lever hinged at a fixed point outside and that is used as a differential gear for a ship's rudder
Word History
Etymology
after John Rapson, British millwright who patented such a device in 1834
- not too thrilled
- not touch (someone or something) with a bargepole
- not touch (someone or something) with a ten-foot pole
- not touch a drop
- not touch someone or something with a bargepole
- not touch someone or something with a ten-foot pole
- not touch with a bargepole
- not touch with a ten-foot pole
- not turn a hair
- not under any circumstances no circumstances
- not under any circumstances/under no circumstances
- not under any obligation
- not under any under no circumstances
- not unless
- not unlike
- not until
- not up to expectations
- not up to much
- not utter a word
- not wearing a stitch
- not wearing a stitch (of clothes
- not wearing a stitch (of clothes/clothing)
- not wearing a stitch of clothing
- not worry oneself
- not worth a damn