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pivot man
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pivot man
(gcide) | Pivot \Piv"ot\, n. [F.; prob. akin to It. piva pipe, F. pipe.
See Pipe.]
1. A fixed pin or short axis, on the end of which a wheel or
other body turns.
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2. The end of a shaft or arbor which rests and turns in a
support; as, the pivot of an arbor in a watch.
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3. Hence, figuratively: A turning point or condition; that on
which important results depend; as, the pivot of an
enterprise.
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4. (Mil.) The officer or soldier who simply turns in his
place whike the company or line moves around him in
wheeling; -- called also pivot man.
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Pivot bridge, a form of drawbridge in which one span,
called the pivot span, turns about a central vertical
axis.
Pivot gun, a gun mounted on a pivot or revolving carriage,
so as to turn in any direction.
Pivot tooth (Dentistry), an artificial crown attached to
the root of a natural tooth by a pin or peg.
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pivot man
(wn) | pivot man
n 1: the person in a rank around whom the others wheel and
maneuver [syn: pivot, pivot man] |
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