lever : Idioms & Phrases

• the lever used in a ball cock.

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• noun a pair of levers hinged at the fulcrum
  

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• a machine consisting of two or more levers acting upon each other.

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• noun a lever that is operated with the foot
  pedal; treadle; foot pedal.
  

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• noun a mechanical device for engaging and disengaging gears
  gearshift; shifter; gearstick.
  
  • in Britain they call a gearshift a gear lever

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• . See Escapement.

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• noun a hang performed on the rings with the body stationary in a horizontal position
  

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• . See Jack, n., 5.

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• noun a lock whose tumblers are levers that must be raised to a given position so that the bolt can move
  

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• noun a portable balance consisting of a pivoted bar with arms of unequal length
  steelyard; beam scale.
  

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• noun a flat metal tumbler in a lever lock
  lever.
  

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• a watch having a vibrating lever to connect the action of the escape wheel with that of the balance.

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• (Mus.), a contrivance for overcoming the resistance of the keys and other movable parts in an organ, by causing compressed air from the wind chest to move them.

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• a working beam of a side-lever engine.

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• a marine steam engine having a working beam of each side of the cylinder, near the bottom of the engine, communicating motion to a crank that is above them.

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• noun (on early automobiles) a lever mounted on the steering column and used to adjust the timing of the ignition
  

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• (Steam Engine), the hand lever by which a throttle valve is moved, especially in a locomotive.

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• . See Had as lief, under Had.

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• a machine formed by a combination of a lever with the wheel and axle, in such a manner as to convert the reciprocating motion of the lever into a continued rectilinear motion of some body to which the power is applied.

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