graft vs gusset

graft

verb
  • To cover, as a ring bolt, block strap, splicing, etc., with a weaving of small cord or rope yarns. 

  • To form a graft polymer 

  • To insert scions (grafts) from one tree, or kind of tree, etc., into another; to practice grafting. 

  • To work hard. 

  • To implant a portion of (living flesh or akin) in a lesion so as to form an organic union. 

  • To join (one thing) to another as if by grafting, so as to bring about a close union. 

  • To obtain illegal gain from bribery or similar corrupt practices. 

  • To insert (a graft) in a branch or stem of another tree; to propagate by insertion in another stock; also, to insert a graft upon. 

noun
  • A cut of the take (money). 

  • A job or trade. 

  • A criminal’s special branch of practice. 

  • A portion of living tissue used in the operation of autoplasty. 

  • A con job. 

  • A small shoot or scion of a tree inserted in another tree, the stock of which is to support and nourish it. The two unite and become one tree, but the graft determines the kind of fruit. 

  • The depth of the blade of a digging tool such as a spade or shovel. 

  • A narrow spade used in digging drainage trenches. 

  • A branch or portion of a tree growing from such a shoot. 

  • Illicit profit by corrupt means, especially in public life. 

  • Corruption in official life. 

  • A bribe, especially on an ongoing basis. 

  • Work; labor requiring effort. 

gusset

verb
  • To make with a gusset; to sew a gusset into. 

noun
  • A large flat metal piece wider than the valley to help prevent build-up at the base of the valley, either from debris or ice dam formations. 

  • A kind of bracket, or angular piece of iron, fastened in the angles of a structure to give strength or stiffness; especially, the part joining the barrel and the fire box of a locomotive boiler. 

  • A gousset, a piece of mail providing protection where armor plates meet. 

  • A small piece of cloth inserted in a garment, for the purpose of strengthening some part or giving it a tapering enlargement cf. godet. 

  • An abatement or mark of dishonor in a coat of arms, resembling a gusset. 

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