Word Meanings - LOADER - Book Publishers vocabulary database
One who, or that which, loads; a mechanical contrivance for loading, as a gun.
Related words: (words related to LOADER)
- WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town. - LOADSTAR; LODESTAR
A star that leads; a guiding star; esp., the polestar; the cynosure. Chaucer. " Your eyes are lodestars." Shak. The pilot can no loadstar see. Spenser. - WHICH
the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who. - LOADSTONE; LODESTONE
A piece of magnetic iron ore possessing polarity like a magnetic needle. See Magnetite. - MECHANICAL
1. Pertaining to, governed by, or in accordance with, mechanics, or the laws of motion; pertaining to the quantitative relations of force and matter, as distinguished from mental, vital, chemical, etc.; as, mechanical principles; a mechanical - LOADMANAGE; LODEMANAGE
Pilotage; skill of a pilot or loadsman. Chaucer. - LOADER
One who, or that which, loads; a mechanical contrivance for loading, as a gun. - LOAD
The work done by a steam engine or other prime mover when working. Load line, or Load water line , the line on the outside of a vessel indicating the depth to which it sinks in the water when loaded. Syn. -- Burden; lading; weight; cargo. - LOADING
1. The act of putting a load on or into. 2. A load; cargo; burden. Shak. - MECHANICALLY
In a mechanical manner. - LOADSMAN; LODESMAN
A pilot. Chaucer. - CONTRIVANCE
1. The act or faculty of contriving, inventing, devising, or planning. The machine which we are inspecting demonstrates, by its construction, contrivance and design. Contrivance must have had a contriver. Paley. 2. The thing contrived, invented, - MECHANICALIZE
To cause to become mechanical. - MECHANICALNESS
The state or quality of being mechanical. - SURFACE LOADING
The weight supported per square unit of surface; the quotient obtained by dividing the gross weight, in pounds, of a fully loaded flying machine, by the total area, in square feet, of its supporting surface. - RELOAD
To load again, as a gun. - BREECH-LOADING
Receiving the charge at the breech instead of at the muzzle. - UNLOAD
1. To take the load from; to discharge of a load or cargo; to disburden; as, to unload a ship; to unload a beast. 2. Hence, to relieve from anything onerous. 3. To discharge or remove, as a load or a burden; as, to unload the cargo of a vessel. - MUZZLE-LOADING
Receiving its charge through the muzzle; as, a muzzle-loading rifle. - UNDERLOAD STARTER
A motor starter provided with an underload switch. - UNLOADER
One who, or that which, unloads; a device for unloading, as hay from a wagon. - SHIPLOAD
The load, or cargo, of a ship. - BREECHLOADER
A firearm which receives its load at the breech. For cavalry, the revolver and breechloader will supersede the saber. Rep. Sec. War . - AEROMECHANIC; AEROMECHANICAL
Of or pert. to aƫromechanics. - MUZZLE-LOADER
A firearm which receives its charge through the muzzle, as distinguished from one which is loaded at the breech.