A joint where the ends of two objects come squarely together without scarfing or chamfering.
The joint where two planks in a strake meet.
A push, thrust, or sudden blow, given by the head; a head butt.
The buttocks (used as a minced oath in idiomatic expressions; less objectionable than arse/ass).
The thickest and stoutest part of tanned oxhides, used for soles of boots, harness, trunks.
The whole buttocks and pelvic region that includes one's private parts.
The blunt back part of an axehead or large blade. Also called the poll.
A piece of land left unplowed at the end of a field.
A person at whom ridicule, jest, or contempt is directed.
An English measure of capacity for liquids, containing 126 wine gallons which is one-half tun; equivalent to the pipe.
Any of various flatfish such as sole, plaice or turbot
A crust end-piece of a loaf of bread.
The plastic or rubber cap used to cover the open end of a lacrosse stick's shaft in order to reduce injury.
A kind of hinge used in hanging doors, etc., so named because it is attached to the inside edge of the door and butts against the casing, instead of on its face, like the strap hinge; also called butt hinge.
The end of a connecting rod or other like piece, to which the boxing is attached by the strap, cotter, and gib.
A mark to be shot at; a target.
The portion of a half-coupling fastened to the end of a hose.
The hut or shelter of the person who attends to the targets in rifle practice.
A limit; a bound; a goal; the extreme bound; the end.
The shoulder of an animal, especially the portion above the picnic, as a cut of meat.
The end of a firearm opposite to that from which a bullet is fired.
A thrust in fencing.
Body; self.
A used cigarette.
A wooden cask for storing wine, usually containing 126 gallons.
To join at the butt, end, or outward extremity; to terminate; to be bounded; to abut.
To strike bluntly, particularly with the head.
To strike bluntly with the head.
The middle portion of something; the part well away from the edges.
A player who can go all over the court, except the shooting circles.
One of the two conical steel pins in a lathe, etc., upon which the work is held, and about which it revolves.
The ring in the gambling game two-up in which the spinner operates.
The subgroup (respectively, subring), denoted Z(G), of those elements of a given group (respectively, ring) G that commute with every element of G.
The point in the interior of a circle that is equidistant from all points on the circumference.
The point on a line that is midway between the ends.
The point in the interior of a sphere that is equidistant from all points on the circumference.
A topic that is particularly important in a given context, the element in a subject of cognition, volition or discussion that is perceived as decisive.
A place, especially a building or complex, set aside for some specified function or activity.
The ensemble of moderate or centrist political parties.
A conical recess or indentation in the end of a shaft or other work, to receive the point of a center, on which the work can turn, as in a lathe.
A pass played into the centre of the pitch.
The point in the interior of any figure of any number of dimensions that has as its coordinates the arithmetic mean of the coordinates of all points on the perimeter of the figure (or of all points in the interior for a center of volume).
The venue in which the head of government in a centralized state is situated.
The forward that generally plays between the left wing and right wing and usually takes the faceoffs.
The player, generally the tallest, who plays closest to the basket.
The person who holds the ball at the beginning of each play.
One of the backs operating in a central area of the pitch, either the inside centre or outside centre.
A temporary structure upon which the materials of a vault or arch are supported in position until the work becomes self-supporting.
Of, at, or related to a center.
To give (something) a central basis.
To concentrate on (something), to pay close attention to (something).
To cause (an object) to occupy the center of an area.
To form a recess or indentation for the reception of a center.
To cause (some attribute, such as a mood or voltage) to be adjusted to a value which is midway between the extremes.