A strip of metal, whalebone, wood, or other material, worn in the front of a corset to stiffen it.
A corset.
To solicit money by entertaining the public in the street or in public transport.
To tack, cruise about.
That part of a bat where the handle joins the blade.
A junction or joining of ropes made by splicing them together.
The electrical and mechanical connection between two pieces of wire or cable.
Bonding or joining of overlapping materials.
The process of removing intron sequences from the pre-messenger RNA, and then joining together exons.
To unite as if splicing.
To unite, as spars, timbers, rails, etc., by lapping the two ends together, or by applying a piece which laps upon the two ends, and then binding, or in any way making fast.
To remove intron sequences from the pre-messenger RNA, and then join together exons.
To unite, as two ropes, or parts of a rope, by a particular manner of interweaving the strands, the union being between two ends, or between an end and the body of a rope.
To unite in marriage.