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f boots and shoes (Stimpson's patent.) Wrist. 1. A stud or pin projecting from a wheel, and to which a pitman or connecting-rod is attached. The wrist and so much of the radius of the wheel constitute a crank. 2. The pin of a crank to which the pitman is attached, as in the cut. Wrinkling-machine. Wrist-link. A link with connected buttons for the wrist band or cuff. Harvester pitman-connection. Wrist-pin. A pin passing through the axis of a wrist-connection. Whiteley's wrist-pin and pitman-head. In Fig. 7374, the wrist-pin is a truncate, conical, tubular piece attached to the crank-wheel by a bolt. The head of the pitman-rod is bored to fit this piece, and may be adjusted thereon to take up lost motion. The nut in contact with the head is recessed to form an annular oil-space. Wrist-pin Turn′er. A machine for turning wrist-pins while remaining in their places in locomotives or other engines; or the turning of journals on the end of a shaft.