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- Bridge - n. - A structure, usually of wood, stone, brick, or iron, erected over a river or other water course, or over a chasm, railroad, etc., to make a passageway from one bank to the other.
- Bridge - n. - Anything supported at the ends, which serves to keep some other thing from resting upon the object spanned, as in engraving, watchmaking, etc., or which forms a platform or staging over which something passes or is conveyed.
- Bridge - n. - The small arch or bar at right angles to the strings of a violin, guitar, etc., serving of raise them and transmit their vibrations to the body of the instrument.
- Bridge - n. - A device to measure the resistance of a wire or other conductor forming part of an electric circuit.
- Bridge - n. - A low wall or vertical partition in the fire chamber of a furnace, for deflecting flame, etc.; -- usually called a bridge wall.
- Bridge - v. t. - To build a bridge or bridges on or over; as, to bridge a river.
- Bridge - v. t. - To open or make a passage, as by a bridge.
- Bridge - v. t. - To find a way of getting over, as a difficulty; -- generally with over.
- Bridge-ward - n. - A bridge keeper; a warden or a guard for a bridge.
- Bridge-ward - n. - The principal ward of a key.
- Bridgeboard - n. - A board or plank used as a bridge.
- Bridgeboard - n. - A notched board to which the treads and risers of the steps of wooden stairs are fastened.
- Bridged - imp. & p. p. - of Bridge
- Bridgehead - n. - A fortification commanding the extremity of a bridge nearest the enemy, to insure the preservation and usefulness of the bridge, and prevent the enemy from crossing; a tete-de-pont.
- Bridgeing - n. - The system of bracing used between floor or other timbers to distribute the weight.
- Bridgeless - a. - Having no bridge; not bridged.
- Bridgepot - n. - The adjustable socket, or step, of a millstone spindle.
- Bridgetree - n. - The beam which supports the spindle socket of the runner in a grinding mill.
- Bridgey - a. - Full of bridges.
- Across - n. - From side to side; athwart; crosswise, or in a direction opposed to the length; quite over; as, a bridge laid across a river.
- Bridge - n. - A low wall or vertical partition in the fire chamber of a furnace, for deflecting flame, etc.; -- usually called a bridge wall.
- Mudsill - n. - The lowest sill of a structure, usually embedded in the soil; the lowest timber of a house; also, that sill or timber of a bridge which is laid at the bottom of the water. See Sill.
- Repass - v. t. - To pass again; to pass or travel over in the opposite direction; to pass a second time; as, to repass a bridge or a river; to repass the sea.
- Drawbridge - n. - A bridge of which either the whole or a part is made to be raised up, let down, or drawn or turned aside, to admit or hinder communication at pleasure, as before the gate of a town or castle, or over a navigable river or canal.
- Mute - n. - A little utensil made of brass, ivory, or other material, so formed that it can be fixed in an erect position on the bridge of a violin, or similar instrument, in order to deaden or soften the tone.
- Balk - v. i. - One of the beams connecting the successive supports of a trestle bridge or bateau bridge.
- Hip - n. - In a bridge truss, the place where an inclined end post meets the top chord.
- Guy - n. - A rope, chain, or rod attached to anything to steady it; as: a rope to steady or guide an object which is being hoisted or lowered; a rope which holds in place the end of a boom, spar, or yard in a ship; a chain or wire rope connecting a suspension bridge with the land on either side to prevent lateral swaying; a rod or rope attached to the top of a structure, as of a derrick, and extending obliquely to the ground, where it is fastened.
- Member - n. - Any essential part, as a post, tie rod, strut, etc., of a framed structure, as a bridge truss.
- Footbridge - n. - A narrow bridge for foot passengers only.
- Bolster - n. - A plate of iron or a mass of wood under the end of a bridge girder, to keep the girder from resting directly on the abutment.
- Cock - n. - The bridge piece which affords a bearing for the pivot of a balance in a clock or watch.
- Dolly - n. - A small truck with a single wide roller used for moving heavy beams, columns, etc., in bridge building.
- Panel - n. - A portion of a framed structure between adjacent posts or struts, as in a bridge truss.
- Bridge-ward - n. - A bridge keeper; a warden or a guard for a bridge.
- Water wing - - One of two walls built on either side of the junction of a bridge with the bank of a river, to protect the abutment of the bridge and the bank from the action of the current.
- Fabricate - v. t. - To form into a whole by uniting its parts; to frame; to construct; to build; as, to fabricate a bridge or ship.
- Cantalever - n. - A projecting beam, truss, or bridge unsupported at the outer end; one which overhangs.
- Tete-de-pont - n. - A work thrown up at the end of a bridge nearest the enemy, for covering the communications across a river; a bridgehead.
- Toll - n. - A tax paid for some liberty or privilege, particularly for the privilege of passing over a bridge or on a highway, or for that of vending goods in a fair, market, or the like.
- Anchor - n. - Any instrument or contrivance serving a purpose like that of a ship's anchor, as an arrangement of timber to hold a dam fast; a contrivance to hold the end of a bridge cable, or other similar part; a contrivance used by founders to hold the core of a mold in place.
- Eye - n. - A loop forming part of anything, or a hole through anything, to receive a rope, hook, pin, shaft, etc.; as an eye at the end of a tie bar in a bridge truss; as an eye through a crank; an eye at the end of rope.
- Preposition - n. - A word employed to connect a noun or a pronoun, in an adjectival or adverbial sense, with some other word; a particle used with a noun or pronoun (in English always in the objective case) to make a phrase limiting some other word; -- so called because usually placed before the word with which it is phrased; as, a bridge of iron; he comes from town; it is good for food; he escaped by running.
- Draw - n. - That part of a bridge which may be raised, swung round, or drawn aside; the movable part of a drawbridge. See the Note under Drawbridge.
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- H2297 חַד - 2297 חַד - חַד - - chad - khad - abridged from אֶחָד; one; one. - Adjective - heb
- H1662 גַּת־הַחֵפֶר - 1662 גַּת־הַחֵפֶר - גַּת־הַחֵפֶר - - Gath-ha-Chêpher - gath-hah-khay'-fer - or (abridged) גִּתָּה־חֵפֶר; from גַּת and חָפַר with the article inserted; wine-press of (the) well; Gath-Chepher, a place in Palestine; Gath-kephr, Gittah-kephr. - Proper Name Location - x-pn
- H1650 גְּשׁוּר - 1650 גְּשׁוּר - גְּשׁוּר - - Gᵉshûwr - ghesh-oor' - from an unused root (meaning to join); bridge; Geshur, a district of Syria; Geshur, Geshurite. - Proper Name Masculine - x-pn
- H3746 כָּרִי - 3746 כָּרִי - כָּרִי - - kârîy - kaw-ree' - perhaps an abridged plural of כַּר in the sense of leader (of the flock); a life-guardsman; captains, Cherethites (from the margin). - Adjective - heb
- G2856 κολοβόω - 2856 κολοβόω - ΚΟΛΟΒΌΩ - - kolobóō - kol-ob-o'-o - from a derivative of the base of κολάζω; to dock, i.e. (figuratively) abridge:--shorten. - Verb - greek
- G4194 Πόντιος - 4194 Πόντιος - ΠΌΝΤΙΟΣ - - Póntios - pon'-tee-os - of Latin origin; apparently bridged; Pontius, a Roman:--Pontius. - Noun Masculine - greek
- H8289 שָׁרוֹן - 8289 שָׁרוֹן - שָׁרוֹן - - Shârôwn - shaw-rone' - probably abridged from יָשַׁר; plain, Sharon, the name of a place in Palestine; Lasharon, Sharon. - - heb