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Flatrod

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plug rodnounA rod attached to the beam for working the valves, as in the Cornish engine.
radius barnounIn a steam engine, a rod pivoted at one end and connected at the other with a concentrically moving part at a fixed distance.
floatboardnounA board on the rim of an undershot water wheel on which the water acts and moves the wheel.
float boardnounOne of the boards fixed radially to the rim of an undershot water wheel or a steamer's paddle wheel; a vane.
hooknounA rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment.
rollernoun(heading) Anything that rolls.
tie rodnounEither of a pair of rods that link the steering mechanism to the front wheel or axle of some vehicles.
footmannounA man in waiting; a male servant whose duties are to attend the door, the carriage, the table, etc.
rodworknoun(engineering) Any assembly made from rods.
linknounA connection between places, people, events, things, or ideas.
coupling rodnoun(rail transport) A rod that couples the driving wheels of a locomotive, a steam locomotive in particular, so that the driving wheels act together as a unit.
tub wheelnounIn water-powered mills, a horizontal water wheel used to power a grinding stone set in a tub; usually in the form of a short cylinder turned by the impact of one or more streams of water striking against vanes attached radially to the wheel.
tracenounAn act of tracing.
fish wheelnounA water-powered device for catching fish that operates like a mill wheel.
water framenoun(now historical) A water-powered spinning machine, especially of the kind invented by British industrialist Richard Arkwright.
flutter wheelnounA water wheel placed below a fall or in a chute where rapidly moving water strikes the tips of the floats.
fishwheelnounAlternative form of fish wheel. [A water-powered device for catching fish that operates like a mill wheel.]
spinning rodnoun(fishing) A long, flexible fishing rod with guide rings and a mounting bracket for a spinning reel.
tension rodnounA rod in a structure holding together different parts.
drawbarnoun(road transport) A device to couple a powered road vehicle to a load to transfer tractive effort to the load, either as a push or as a pull.

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