Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deflect
fluidics
fluidics
noun
The branch of engineering and technology that is concerned with the construction of devices that use the flow and pressure of a fluid in circuits analogous to electronic ones
scaffold
scaffold
noun
(metalworking) An accumulation of adherent, partly fused material forming a shelf or dome-shaped obstruction above the tuyeres in a blast furnace.
(sciences) A structure that provides support for some other material.
A structure made of scaffolding for workers to stand on while working on a building.
An elevated platform on which a criminal is executed.
An elevated platform on which dead bodies are ritually disposed of, as by some Native American tribes.
verb
(transitive) To dispose of the bodies of the dead on a scaffold or raised platform, as by some Native American tribes.
(transitive) To set up a scaffolding; to surround a building with scaffolding.