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sheave
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sheave
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Sheave
(gcide) | Sheave \Sheave\, n. [Akin to OD. schijve orb, disk, wheel, D.
schiff, G. scheibe, Icel. sk[imac]fa a shaving, slice; cf.
Gr. ??? a staff. Cf. Shift, v., Shive.]
A wheel having a groove in the rim for a rope to work in, and
set in a block, mast, or the like; the wheel of a pulley.
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Sheave hole, a channel cut in a mast, yard, rail, or other
timber, in which to fix a sheave.
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Sheave
(gcide) | Sheave \Sheave\, v. t. [See Sheaf of straw.]
To gather and bind into a sheaf or sheaves; hence, to
collect. --Ashmole.
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sheave
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sheaves
(encz) | sheaves,otepi Zdeněk Brožsheaves,snopy Zdeněk Brož |
Eccentric sheave
(gcide) | Eccentric \Ec*cen"tric\ ([e^]k*s[e^]n"tr[i^]k), a. [F.
excentrique, formerly also spelled eccentrique, fr. LL.
eccentros out of the center, eccentric, Gr. 'e`kkentros; 'ek
out of + ke`ntron center. See Ex-, and Center, and cf.
Excentral.]
1. Deviating or departing from the center, or from the line
of a circle; as, an eccentric or elliptical orbit;
pertaining to deviation from the center or from true
circular motion.
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2. Not having the same center; -- said of circles, ellipses,
spheres, etc., which, though coinciding, either in whole
or in part, as to area or volume, have not the same
center; -- opposed to concentric.
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3. (Mach.) Pertaining to an eccentric; as, the eccentric rod
in a steam engine.
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4. Not coincident as to motive or end.
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His own ends, which must needs be often eccentric to
those of his master. --Bacon.
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5. Deviating from stated methods, usual practice, or
established forms or laws; deviating from an appointed
sphere or way; departing from the usual course; irregular;
anomalous; odd; as, eccentric conduct. "This brave and
eccentric young man." --Macaulay.
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He shines eccentric, like a comet's blaze. --Savage.
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Eccentric anomaly. (Astron.) See Anomaly.
Eccentric chuck (Mach.), a lathe chuck so constructed that
the work held by it may be altered as to its center of
motion, so as to produce combinations of eccentric
combinations of eccentric circles.
Eccentric gear. (Mach.)
(a) The whole apparatus, strap, and other parts, by which
the motion of an eccentric is transmitted, as in the
steam engine.
(b) A cogwheel set to turn about an eccentric axis used to
give variable rotation.
Eccentric hook or Eccentric gab, a hook-shaped journal
box on the end of an eccentric rod, opposite the strap.
Eccentric rod, the rod that connects an eccentric strap
with any part to be acted upon by the eccentric.
Eccentric sheave, or Eccentric pulley, an eccentric.
Eccentric strap, the ring, operating as a journal box, that
encircles and receives motion from an eccentric; -- called
also eccentric hoop.
Syn: Irregular; anomalous; singular; odd; peculiar; erratic;
idiosyncratic; strange; whimsical.
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Sheave hole
(gcide) | Sheave \Sheave\, n. [Akin to OD. schijve orb, disk, wheel, D.
schiff, G. scheibe, Icel. sk[imac]fa a shaving, slice; cf.
Gr. ??? a staff. Cf. Shift, v., Shive.]
A wheel having a groove in the rim for a rope to work in, and
set in a block, mast, or the like; the wheel of a pulley.
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Sheave hole, a channel cut in a mast, yard, rail, or other
timber, in which to fix a sheave.
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Sheaved
(gcide) | Sheaved \Sheaved\, a.
Made of straw. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Sheaves
(gcide) | Sheaf \Sheaf\, n.; pl. Sheaves. [OE. sheef, shef, schef, AS.
sce['a]f; akin to D. schoof, OHG. scoub, G. schaub, Icel.
skauf a fox's brush, and E. shove. See Shove.]
1. A quantity of the stalks and ears of wheat, rye, or other
grain, bound together; a bundle of grain or straw.
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The reaper fills his greedy hands,
And binds the golden sheaves in brittle bands.
--Dryden.
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2. Any collection of things bound together; a bundle;
specifically, a bundle of arrows sufficient to fill a
quiver, or the allowance of each archer, -- usually
twenty-four.
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The sheaf of arrows shook and rattled in the case.
--Dryden.
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