(slang) A man who persistently approaches or accosts a woman in a public social setting, particularly in a bar.
(snooker, billiards) A stick with a convex arch-shaped notched head used to support the cue when the cue ball is out of reach at normal extension; a bridge.
(cooking, US, Britain, chiefly historical and now dialectal) A cast-iron frying pan with three legs, once common in open-hearth cookery.
(cooking) Implement for moving food in and out of hot oil for deep frying, with a circular metal mesh attached to a long handle.
(music) Part of a resonatorinstrument that transmits string vibrations from the bridge to a resonator cone at multiple points.
A skeleton or frame with radiating arms or members, often connected by crosspieces, such as a casting forming the hub and spokes to which the rim of a fly wheel or large gear is bolted; the body of a piston head; or a frame for strengthening a core or mould for a casting.
“If a favourable patch of ground is found around the burrow of the matriarch, the small spiderling will settle there.”
“I've had Cronus since he was a spiderling, so I have a very paternal sort of approach.”
“Their prizes included a fallen mosquito, a bit of shed caterpillar skin, and a newly hatched spiderling, which was enough to keep the colony alive and allow the Queen to regain some of her weight and strength.”
