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A loop or sleeve with a screw thread at one end and a swivel at the other, -- used for tightening a rod, stay, etc.

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  1. n. A loop or sleeve with a screw thread at one end and a swivel at the other, -- used for tightening a rod, stay, etc.
  2. n. A gravitating catch, as for fastening a shutter, the end of a chain, or a hasp.
  3. (a) A loop or sleeve with a screw thread at one end and a swivel at the other, -- used for tightening a rod, stay, etc. (b) A gravitating catch, as for fastening a shutter, the end of a chain, or a hasp. TURNBULL'S BLUE Turn"bull's blue`. (Chem.) The double cyanide of ferrous and ferric iron, a dark blue amorphous substance having a coppery luster, used in dyeing, calico printing, etc. Cf. Prussian blue, under Prussian.
  4. The double cyanide of ferrous and ferric iron, a dark blueamorphous substance having a coppery luster, used in dyeing, calicoprinting, etc. Cf. Prussian blue, under Prussian.