(mechanics) Any mechanical seal that serves to fill the space between two objects, generally to prevent leakage between the two objects while under compression.
(sailing) A length of rope or canvas band used for reefing a sail, or holding a stowed sail in place.
A material which may be clamped between faces and acts as a static seal. Gaskets may be cut, formed, or molded to the desired configuration.
Any of a wide variety of seals or packings used between matched machine parts or around pipe joints to prevent the escape of a gas or fluid.
verb
To fit a gasket
To seal wth a gasket
gatzke
gowkit
kitbag
kitbag
noun
(military, UK) A large cylindrical holdall.
kiting
kiting
noun
(banking) The act of writing a check on an account with insufficient funds, expecting that funds will become available by the time the check clears.
(slang) The act of tampering with a medical prescription, increasing the number of pills or other item.
verb
present participle of kite
knight
knight
noun
(by extension) An armored and mounted warrior of the Middle Ages.
(card games, dated) A playing card bearing the figure of a knight; the knave or jack.
(chess) A chess piece, often in the shape of a horse's head, that is moved two squares in one direction and one at right angles to that direction in a single move, leaping over any intervening pieces.
(entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Ypthima.
(historical) A minor nobleman with an honourable military rank who had served as a page and squire.
(historical) A young servant or follower; a trained military attendant in service of a lord.
(law, historical) A person obliged to provide knight service in exchange for maintenance of an estate held in knight's fee.
(literary) A brave, chivalrous and honorable man devoted to a noble cause or love interest.
(modern) A generic name for various mushrooms belonging to the order Agaricales, the gilled mushrooms; scientific name Tricholoma.
(modern) A person on whom a knighthood has been conferred by a monarch.
verb
(chess, transitive) To promote (a pawn) to a knight.
(transitive) To confer knighthood upon.
taking
taking
adj
(obsolete) Infectious; contagious.
Alluring; attractive.
noun
(in the plural) Cash or money received (by a shop or other business, for example).
(uncountable) A seizure of someone's goods or possessions.
(uncountable) A state of mental distress, resulting in excited or erratic behavior (in the expression in a taking).
The act by which something is taken.
verb
present participle of take
tangka
tangka
noun
Alternative form of thangka
toking
toking
verb
present participle of toke
tsking
tsking
noun
A tsk sound of disapproval.
verb
present participle of tsk
tugrik
tugrik
noun
The Mongolian unit of currency; abbreviated MNT, ₮; formerly subdivided into 100 möngö.