SWIVEL
\swˈɪvə͡l], \swˈɪvəl], \s_w_ˈɪ_v_əl]\
Definitions of SWIVEL
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A piece, as a ring or hook, attached to another piece by a pin, in such a manner as to permit rotation about the pin as an axis.
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A small piece of ordnance, turning on a point or swivel; -- called also swivel gun.
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To swing or turn, as on a pin or pivot.
By Oddity Software
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Anything that turns on a headed bolt or pin; something fixed in another body so as to turn round in it; a twisting link in a chain.
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To turn on a swivel, or pivot.
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Swiveled.
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Swiveling.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Something fixed in another body so as to turn round in it: a ring or link that turns round on a pin or neck: a small cannon turning on a swivel.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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