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Word Meanings - LOADER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

One who, or that which, loads; a mechanical contrivance for loading, as a gun.

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  • 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.

 

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