32 definitions by antinous

drawknife

a knife, usually bevelled on one side only, with a handle at either end of the blade, used with a pulling stroke for rapid removal of stock.

I took the corners off the block with a drawknife before turning it on the lathe.

by antinous September 13, 2003

Whisky

1. Liquor distilled from a fermented mash of grain, as barley, corn, or rye. From the Gaelic Uisge Beatha, "water of life."
2.A drink of whisky.
Also "whiskey"

Whisky is the water of life.

by antinous September 12, 2003

humuhumunukunukuapua'a

One of two reef triggerfish, Rhinecanthus aculeatus or R. rectangulus. State fish of Hawai'i

I went scuba diving off the Kona coast, but I failed to see a humuhumunukunukuapua'a.

by antinous September 12, 2003

triple play

A play in a baseball game when the fielding team throws out three of the opposing runners.

"I throw the ball to first base. Whoever it is grabs the ball, so the guy runs to second. Who picks up the ball and throws it to What, What throws it to I Don't Know, I Don't Know throws it back to Tomorrow - triple play." --Lou Costello

by antinous September 12, 2003

quietus

1. satisfaction of a duty or debt.
2. rest or a release, esp. death.

"Who would bear the whips and scorns of time . . . when he himself might his quietus make with a bare bodkin?" --Hamlet

by antinous September 13, 2003

gear

Noun. 1. A toothed wheel.
2. A group of items used in an activity; equipment.
Verb. 1. To equip with gears. 2. To connect with gears. 3. To adjust so as to satisfy something.

Noun. 1. I'm always grinding the gears in my transmission.
2. Get that fishing gear together.
Verb. 1. Did you gear that machine right?
2. I've geared down the wheels to provide more speed.
3. My magazine is geared toward a young audience.

by antinous September 12, 2003

Io

One of the four Galilean moons of Jupiter, so called because of being discovered by Galileo. The most volcanically active object in the Solar system.

Hey, look in my telescope: you can see Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto.

by antinous February 2, 2004