(idiomatic, US, Canada, colloquial) To beat someone in a competition, fight, or other situation.

A knot made by unlaying the strands of a rope, and making a bight with the first strand, then passing the second over the end of the first, and the third over the end of the second and through the bight of the first.

(medicine) A hard lump forming in the breast of a nursing woman, due to obstruction to the flow of milk and congestion of the mammary glands.

plural of steak and kidney pie

A tool used to extract teeth by a motion resembling that of turning a key.

An adjustable wrench in which the movable jaw is made fast by a key.

A bolt which has a mortise near the end, and is secured by a cotter or wedge instead of a nut.

To rise up and strike the beam; said of the lighter arm of a loaded balance; hence, to be found lacking in weight, or of little importance.

A knot or bow, as of ribbon.

A cutting tool with a blade that is hooked at the point, for marking outlines, on boards or metals, as by a pattern; used in shipbuilding.