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n. a shaft that has cams attached to it, forming part of a mechanical device. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. the shell of a clam. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. a dredging bucket with hinges like the shell of a clam.
Syn. -- grapple. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Chin. kom-tsie. ] A present or bonus; -- originally applied to that paid on ships which entered the port of Canton. S. Wells Williams. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To give or make a present to. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A shop or barroom where spirits are sold by the dram. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Sport) A piece of athletic equipment that protects an athlete's mouth.
Syn. -- mouthpiece. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. A detective; a private eye. [ slang ] [ PJC ]

2. A shoe made of rubber, as a rubber overshoe. [ PJC ]

3. A sneaker{ 3 }. [ PJC ]

v. t. [ Ham + shackle. ] To fasten (an animal) by a rope binding the head to one of the fore legs; as, to hamshackle a horse or cow; hence, to bind or restrain; to curb. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Etymol. uncertain. ] Loose; disjointed; falling to pieces; out of repair. [ 1913 Webster ]

There came . . . my lord the cardinal, in his ramshackle coach. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To search or ransack; to rummage. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Office or condition of a sachem. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ /mhw>, n. [ Chinese san-shao thrice fired. ] A spirituous liquor distilled by the Chinese from the yeasty liquor in which boiled rice has fermented under pressure. S. W. Williams. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To ornament, as shells, ivory, etc., by engraving, and (usually) rubbing pigments into the incised lines. [ Sailor's cant. U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A shell, a whale's tooth, or the like, that is scrimshawed. [ Sailor's cant, U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]