Word Meanings - COMEALONG - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A gripping device, as for stretching wire, etc., consisting of two jaws so attached to a ring that they are closed by pulling on the ring.

• Stretched
  of Stretch
• Closehanded
  Covetous; penurious; stingy; closefisted.
• Consist
  To stand firm; to be in a fixed or permanent state, as a body composed of parts in union or connection; to hold together; to be; to exist; to subsist; to be supported and maintained.
• Consistence
  Alt. of Consistency
• Pulling
  of Pull
• Stretching
  of Stretch
• Closehauled
  Under way and moving as nearly as possible toward the direction from which the wind blows; -- said of a sailing vessel.
• Consistency
  The condition of standing or adhering together, or being fixed in union, as the parts of a body; existence; firmness; coherence; solidity.
• Stretch
  To reach out; to extend; to put forth.
• Attached
  of Attach
• Consistent
  Possessing firmness or fixedness; firm; hard; solid.
• Pullail
  Poultry.
• Stretcher
  One who, or that which, stretches.
• Attaching
  of Attach
• Closemouthed
  Cautious in speaking; secret; wary; uncommunicative.
• Consistently
  In a consistent manner.
• Pullback
  That which holds back, or causes to recede; a drawback; a hindrance.

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