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Shoul′der.

A projection on an object, to oppose or limit motion or form an abutment, as


1. (Vehicle.) The butting-ring on an axle.


2. (Carpentry.) The square end of an object at the point where the tenon commences; as of a spoke, the stile of a door, etc. See tenon.


3. (Printing.) The projection at the top of the shank of a type beyond the face of the letter.


4. (Fortification.) The obtuse angle formed by the junction of the face and the flank of a bastion.

5. The contraction in a lamp-chimney just above the level of the wick in an argand or flat-wick lamp. It answers the purpose, of the diaphragm ring of coal-oil lamps.

Shoulder-block.

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