(n.) A cloth; a piece of cloth or leather; a patch; a rag.
(n.) A swadding cloth.
(n.) A piece; a fragment.
(n.) The center of the butt at which archers shoot; -- probably once a piece of white cloth or a nail head.
(n.) An iron plate on an axletree or other wood to keep it from wearing; a washer.
(n.) A blow with the hand.
(n.) To cover with cloth, leather, or other material; to bandage; patch, or mend, with a clout.
(n.) To join or patch clumsily.
(n.) To quard with an iron plate, as an axletree.
(n.) To give a blow to; to strike.
(n.) To stud with nails, as a timber, or a boot sole.
Example Sentences:
(1) Bargaining is a question of clout, and which side has more of it.
(2) The growing power of public sector employees allowed them to win better pay and conditions, and gave them a degree of political clout.
(3) Also, the sections of the public keenest on the BBC – women, younger Britons, people in the south-east of England, the wealthier ABC1 social categories – have considerable political clout.
(4) For a start it was a powerful coalition of organisations – which carried serious clout.
(5) White, backed by the financial clout of the US treasury, prevailed.
(6) Gallenzi, though, believes it still has the clout to stand up to Amazon.
(7) And that means they need to use their lobbying abilities, they need to use their commercial clout to force the government to be more responsible in whatever jurisdiction it is, in safeguarding our public interests.
(8) Although he is from the Pashtun ethnic group that dominates south Afghanistan , Ghani's tribe has traditionally had more clout in the east.
(9) King said Ryan, an influential voice on budgetary matters who was Mitt Romney’s presidential running mate in 2012, was the only person with the clout to run for speaker.
(10) China has far greater clout than Spain in Argentina, whose economy is heavily dependent on soya exports to the Asian giant, leading to speculation that Fernández might strike her own deal with Sinopec, effectively handing even greater control over Argentina's economy to Beijing.
(11) Political action committees are a means for individuals to join together so they have some clout in the political process, Symons said.
(12) As the Americans draw down their forces, their clout is visibly weakening.
(13) "Part of what has given Britain clout in the last 15 years has been that our economy has been seen to be successful, but the whole Anglo-Saxon model has taken a great knock," says Niblett.
(14) At the time of the handover, the then foreign secretary, Robin Cook, reiterated that Britain would use its clout to defend Hong Kong and its freedoms.
(15) US diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks refer to Hadi as a putative reformer, albeit one who had enjoyed little clout among Yemeni powerbrokers.
(16) Less than a fifth of English voters think that Scottish independence would diminish the rest of Britain's clout in the world.
(17) Film-makers with clout could circumvent the system, but when most directors are straight, white men making films about straight, white men, we don’t tend to get a very diverse lineup of films.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest Benedict Cumberbatch as Alan Turing in The Imitation Game.
(18) Patrick Connolly of IFA firm AWD Chase de Vere is more sceptical about the power of individual shareholders, but says institutional investors do have a lot of clout.
(19) He was credited with helping YouView get its house in order and giving it some much-needed commercial clout.
(20) But if and as it grows, it will give China the clout in regional financing that membership of the ADB has not allowed it to wield, in spite being a generous capital provider to it.
Washer
Definition:
(n.) Same as Washerwoman, 2.
(n.) One who, or that which, washes.
(n.) A ring of metal, leather, or other material, or a perforated plate, used for various purposes, as around a bolt or screw to form a seat for the head or nut, or around a wagon axle to prevent endwise motion of the hub of the wheel and relieve friction, or in a joint to form a packing, etc.
(n.) A fitting, usually having a plug, applied to a cistern, tub, sink, or the like, and forming the outlet opening.
(n.) The common raccoon.
Example Sentences:
(1) The major advantage of this technic in comparison with the Gravlee Jet Washer is its low cost.
(2) During the first 19 months of use of the washer, nosocomial post-UGI endoscopy colonization or infections with P. aeruginosa increased 36%.
(3) Tests of effectiveness of disinfection of metal and polypropylene bedpans were made in a washer fitted with a steam generator.
(4) We must pay attention to contamination of endoscopes and endoscope washer at least once a month.
(5) Most train yards have a washer system, which we call the "buff", that takes about 10 minutes to clean the whole train, and that's it – it goes back into service.
(6) The current study aimed to examine sociodemographic and clinical variables between washer and checker subgroups of obsessive compulsive disorder.
(7) The point of contact was changed by the addition of a Belleville washer between the interface of the wing-nut clamp and the cheek.
(8) It has two Teflon-washered glass valves for filling, and two thermistors are supported at the center by glass capillary tubes.
(9) Physical cleaning and chemical sterilization of taps, and replacement of washers with 'approved' brands did not eradicate the organisms.
(10) Similar z values were obtained for the plastic and steel strip systems (z(D) = 21 C), but an unusually low z for spores on paper (z(D) = 12.9 C) and an unusually high z for spores on steel washers mated at 150 inch-lb of torque (z(D) = 32 C) were observed.
(11) When [1-(14)C]arachidonic acid (AA) was incubated with washer thrombocyte suspension, AA was mainly converted to PGF(2alpha), PGE2, and PGD2 in all species.
(12) Of these, two cell separators and the IBM cell washer are shown to be capable of producing YRBC suitable for clinical use.
(13) There was visible moisture remaining in the suction channel despite the use of the complete recommended automatic washer cycle.
(14) YRBC prepared from the IBM 2991 cell washer are recommended for clinical trials because of lower cost, greater convenience and lower white cell contamination compared to cell separator-derived YRBC.
(15) The findings are the following: (1) The 4.0-mm bolt with the 12-mm washer had greater pull-out resistance from thin (12-mm thick) cancellous bone than did the 6.5-mm cancellous screw.
(16) Patch tests with the GEIDC standard series of allergens, and with 8 washers made of copper, nickel, nickel-palladium, palladium, brass, bronze, gold and iron, were carried out in 964 consecutive patients who complained of intolerance to metals and in 200 controls who did not.
(17) The authors present a new technique utilizing a cancellous screw and polyacetal resin washer to attach the tendon to the navicular.
(18) Of 412 subjects seen during 1975-1984, there were 123 washers, 70 checkers and 89 washers and checkers (mixed group).
(19) The purpose of the present study was to determine the levels of solvent exposure of car washers and to evaluate the effectiveness of ventilation systems in car washing facilities.
(20) Since it requires no special equipment other than a microplate reader and washer it is particularly suitable for laboratories lacking the electrophoretic expertise or equipment required for EIA.