(n.) One of the sense organs or certain animals (as insects), which are used in testing objects by touch and in searching for food; an antenna; a palp.
(n.) Anything, as a proposal, observation, etc., put forth or thrown out in order to ascertain the views of others; something tentative.
Example Sentences:
(1) Miliband, who was clear that the motion should be worded in a non-partisan way to try to attract the widest possible support, put out feelers to the Liberal Democrats who can boast the most consistent track record in standing up to the Murdoch empire.
(2) Using a feeler type of cutting mechanism and a scanning electron microscope, cavity walls were examined subsequent to the preparation thereof with various types of working tools.
(3) A new, noninvasive method using a feeler arm to trace and measure facial contours is described.
(4) Sources close to the MDC said the party leadership had put out feelers to the military and elements of the ruling Zanu-PF to try to arrange a peaceful transfer of power.
(5) An optical feeler measuring technique was introduced for evaluating the dimensional accuracy of indirect stone models.
(6) They have handles like “Bum Feeler” and “Rock Hard”, and share stories of their exploits and pictures of the women they have surreptitiously dry-humped.
(7) For 18 months, a special contact unit was putting out feelers to army commanders, trying to understand their contingency plans and to persuade them to remain neutral.
(8) The reconsideration of the US role comes as Washington puts out feelers to the Taliban.
(9) Feelers have already gone out from Cameron’s allies to the Democratic Unionist party (current tally: eight seats).
(10) Kadyrov, in turn, despised Maskhadov, and was jealous of his standing among the Chechens, although Kadyrov's brutish son, Ramzan, recently claimed to be putting out feelers aimed at reaching a settlement with Maskhadov, a move he said was sabotaged by Russian intelligence.
(11) So Trump’s election team, somewhat recklessly, put out early feelers.
(12) The 24 N-terminal amino acids are so poorly defined in the electron density map as to make interpretation doubtful, indicating that they might act as 'feelers' suitable for DNA or protein (invertase) recognition.
(13) Shell ceased operations in 1993 and it says it has no plans to resume them, but local oil firms are putting out feelers, with community chiefs in the area collecting signaturesin favour of resuming drilling.
(14) From time to time, we would get feelers from people who knew him, or on his behalf, on whether we would grant a visa,” Richard Boucher, who worked for the South Asia bureau from 2006 to 2009, told the Wall Street Journal .
(15) The truth was that a rightly aggrieved Mancini had been tipped off about the feelers already going out to José Mourinho and had opted to announce his own sacking in advance.
(16) Putting out feelers The Maryland Democrat has long been preparing for a presidential run.
(17) It showed that measurings on the basis of acceleration registration produced similar results as the 'halter method with plate feelers' used so far and that disturbance of the test animals is reduced.
(18) The adaptation of the processed dentures to the aluminum cast was measured with feeler gauges.
(19) And she would yell at him, 'George, you're walking around with your feelers out!'
(20) They have become so desperate that they have been putting out feelers to minority parties to see if they can construct a Commons majority for revising the boundaries, even though Labour and the Lib Dems are opposed.
Peeler
Definition:
(n.) One who peels or strips.
(n.) A pillager.
(n.) A nickname for a policeman; -- so called from Sir Robert Peel.
Example Sentences:
(1) The physics staff had succeeded in sealing off a vacuum tube for the betatron, and further developments involved field flattening, exposure measurements, collimation, stray electron control, phantom tests, and development of a beam peeler.
(2) In the course of investigation of the relationship between hypersensitivity pneumonitis and the wood industry 45 popple peelers were studied.
(3) Dress makers were mostly affected by nickel, while orange sellers and peelers were positive to orange peel, fragrance mix, balsam of Peru and formaldehyde in varying combinations.
(4) Even now, two years after the expenses scandal first engulfed Parliament, it is this single item that seems to resonate most in the public consciousness as the embodiment of the sense of entitlement that led politicians to make claims for everything from massage chairs to garlic peelers.
(5) The advantages of the potato peeler technic include better immobility of the lesion being curetted, more effective control of bleeding, and greater stability and increased flexibility and movement of the hand holding the curet.
(6) July 6, 2015 Senate Republican leader Harvey Peeler said that he would oppose the bill to remove the flag, saying that his ancestors owned slaves and that taking down the flag cannot change that history.
(7) It is a revealing exercise: two large strawberries, six radishes, one easy peeler (despite the packaging specifying two) each make a portion.
(8) Using a peeler, thinly slice the cucumber until you get down to the seeds, turn the cucumber and repeat the process until all the flesh has been removed.
(9) She keeps a vegetable peeler "like a pencil sharpener" on her desk, along with a bag of carrots, tomatoes and radishes.
(10) The procedure for curettage is discussed and the mechanics of two technics, the pencil technic and the potato peeler technic, are described.
(11) Evidence was previously presented to support the thesis that chronic pain is activated by neuronal elements that make up the multisynaptic short axon core of the reticular system (Andy and Peeler 1985).
(12) Those Smash robots, which used to fall about laughing at potato peelers, must be rusting with chagrin.
(13) Cake forks, coffee spoons, a peeler and a £16.99 clothes airer were among the miscellaneous items Gove reclaimed expenditure on.