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Wedge :: Wedge (v. t.) To force by crowding and pushing as a wedge does; as, to wedge one's way..

Thrusting :: Thrusting (n.) The act of pushing with force.

Sticker :: Sticker (n.) In the organ, a small wooden rod which connects (in part) a key and a pallet, so as to communicate motion by pushing..

Press :: Press (v.) To urge, or act upon, with force, as weight; to act upon by pushing or thrusting, in distinction from pulling; to crowd or compel by a gradual and continued exertion; to bear upon; to squeeze; to compress; as, we press the ground with the feet when we walk; we press the couch on which we repose; we press substances with the hands, fingers, or arms; we are pressed in a crowd..

Perambulator :: Perambulator (n.) A low carriage for a child, propelled by pushing..

Embolic :: Embolic (a.) Pushing or growing in; -- said of a kind of invagination. See under Invagination.

Scramble :: Scramble (n.) The act of jostling and pushing for something desired; eager and unceremonious struggle for what is thrown or held out; as, a scramble for office..

Punt :: Punt (v. t.) To propel, as a boat in shallow water, by pushing with a pole against the bottom; to push or propel (anything) with exertion..

Capstan :: Capstan (n.) A vertical cleated drum or cylinder, revolving on an upright spindle, and surmounted by a drumhead with sockets for bars or levers. It is much used, especially on shipboard, for moving or raising heavy weights or exerting great power by traction upon a rope or cable, passing around the drum. It is operated either by steam power or by a number of men walking around the capstan, each pushing on the end of a lever fixed in its socket..

Drawer :: Drawer (n.) A sliding box or receptacle in a case, which is opened by pulling or drawing out, and closed by pushing in..

Gastrula :: Gastrula (n.) An embryonic form having its origin in the invagination or pushing in of the wall of the planula or blastula (the blastosphere) on one side, thus giving rise to a double-walled sac, with one opening or mouth (the blastopore) which leads into the cavity (the archenteron) lined by the inner wall (the hypoblast). See Illust. under Invagination. In a more general sense, an ideal stage in embryonic development. See Gastraea..

Scamble :: Scamble (v. i.) To move about pushing and jostling; to be rude and turbulent; to scramble.

Shovelboard :: Shovelboard (n.) A board on which a game is played, by pushing or driving pieces of metal or money to reach certain marks; also, the game itself. Called also shuffleboard, shoveboard, shovegroat, shovelpenny..

Hippe :: Hippe (n.) A genus of marine decapod crustaceans, which burrow rapidly in the sand by pushing themselves backward; -- called also bait bug. See Illust. under Anomura..

Quarter :: Quarter (v. t.) Treatment shown by an enemy; mercy; especially, the act of sparing the life a conquered enemy; a refraining from pushing one's advantage to extremes..

Pushing :: Pushing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pus.

Trusion :: Trusion (n.) The act of pushing or thrusting.

Treadwheel :: Treadwheel (n.) A wheel turned by persons or animals, by treading, climbing, or pushing with the feet, upon its periphery or face. See Treadmill..

Thrust :: Thrust (v. i.) To enter by pushing; to squeeze in.

Put :: Put (v. t.) To throw or cast with a pushing motion overhand, the hand being raised from the shoulder; a practice in athletics; as, to put the shot or weight..

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