Plier

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  • noun. One who plies a trade.
  • noun. A variously shaped hand tool having a pair of pivoted jaws, used for holding, bending, or cutting.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. One who or that which plies.
  • noun. plural In fortification, a kind of balance used in raising and letting down a drawbridge, consisting of timbers joined in the form of a St. Andrew's cross.
  • noun. plural Small pincers with long jaws, adapted for handling small articles, and also for bending and shaping wire. See cut under nipper
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  • noun. Agent noun of ply; one who plies.
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  • noun. someone who plies a trade
    • Word Usage
    "LEE: Found in the plier, of course, that's of some significance, but you cannot say the plier is the murder weapon."
    cross-reference
    saw-set pliers  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    worker  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Dyer  Meier  Meyer  Trier  acquire  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    butin  d'appui  defaut  distribue  donnerai  
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