(n.) The piece by which an object is attached to something, as the frog of a scabbard or the metal loop at the back of a buckle by which it is fastened to a strap.
(n.) The transverse guard of a sword or dagger.
(n.) The metal plate or tip which protects the end of a scabbard, belt, etc.
Example Sentences:
(1) The method uses weighted smoothing cubic splines; the degree of smoothing is adjusted automatically to satisfy constraints on curve chape (monotonicity, number of inflection points).
Chare
Definition:
(v. t.) To perform; to do; to finish.
(v. t.) To work or hew, as stone.
(v. i.) To work by the day, without being a regularly hired servant; to do small jobs.
(n.) A narrow street.
(n. & v.) A chore; to chore; to do. See Char.
Example Sentences:
(1) But Clegg also says he is not going to be cowed into taking Cameron's vow of silence about Farage's assertion that he finds Britain unrecognisable and is uncomfortable at the lack of English spoken on commuter trains out of Charing Cross.
(2) A case analysis has been performed on 4000 successive outpatient referrals to one consultant neurologist, representing 72% of all referrals to Charing Cross Hospital and 82% to Hillingdon Hospital.
(3) No Southeastern trains will run into London Bridge or Charing Cross from December 24 to 28, apart from the Hastings service which will be diverted to London Bridge.
(4) Almost 30 minutes after the protest was due to end taxis still lined the roads around Charing Cross, beeping their horns continuously.
(5) The proposals would see TfL taking control of inner suburban rail services from London Bridge, Cannon Street, Charing Cross, Moorgate, Victoria, and Waterloo stations, which TfL has said would improve journeys in and beyond the capital.
(6) A month or so into her stay, her French boyfriend came to visit, and it was after taking him back to Charing Cross station one Thursday evening that Marie's life changed irreparably.
(7) There were reprieves for A&Es at Ealing and Charing Cross, though Hunt warned they might be "a different shape or size".
(8) That won't get you into work from the suburbs, but if you are commuting into a central terminus like Liverpool Street or Charing Cross then a hire bike would take you the rest of the way.
(9) The children's waiting room at Charing Cross Hospital was opened on April 2 1973 as part of the Department of Paediatrics.
(10) He talks about shooting in "the disused tube platforms under Charing Cross in stygian darkness".
(11) The data pertaining to Irish specimens sent to the Lyme disease Laboratory at Charing Cross Hospital since 1986 is presented and discussed.
(12) A marked increase in the prevalence of bacteraemia due to Escherichia coli of serogroup O15 was noted during November and December 1986 at Charing Cross Hospital.
(13) Charing Cross Hospital provides facilities for the study of handicapped children in a normal nursery which forms part of its Child Development Centre.
(14) ",' which was held in Charing Cross Hospital Medical School, London in February 1978.
(15) Eight patients with a verrucous carcinoma of the larynx have been seen at the Charing Cross Hospital between 1970 and 1985.
(16) At the Charing Cross Hospital (England) and Family Planning Association Clinics, 121 IUDs were examined after removal from patients.
(17) On Tuesday, Saatchi told the London Evening Standard , for which he is a columnist: "Although Nigella made no complaint I volunteered to go to Charing Cross station and take a police caution after a discussion with my lawyer because I thought it was better than the alternative, of this hanging over all of us for months."
(18) And in London … In the West End, Charing Cross Theatre (Villiers Street, 08444 930 650, tickets from £22.50) is reviving “Piaf”, a searing, soaring play of her life by Pam Gems that has won awards and played almost non-stop worldwide for 40 years.
(19) Two hundred and forty-five transaxillary arteriograms were attempted at Charing Cross Hospital between 1982 and 1991 on 195 arteriopathic patients (mean age 64 years) in whom the femoral route was contra-indicated due to absent pulses (94), previous surgery (108), femoral artery aneurysm (5), severe aorto-iliac disease (8) or previous failure by the femoral route (30).
(20) It’s making things impossible for independent businesses,” says Chris Amos, whose venue Manbar on Charing Cross Road closed recently following a dispute over noise levels.