(n.) A piece of iron imbedded in the sand of a mold to keep the sand in place.
Example Sentences:
(1) This study analyzes so-called hopeless gaggers, i.e., patients in whom dental treatment and wearing of a prosthesis produced a retching or vomiting reaction, in order to investigate the sources and properties of this pathologic reaction.
(2) Subjects were from three fear subtypes: needle phobic (N = 15), gagger (N = 11), and non-specific dental fear (N = 85).
Sagger
Definition:
(n.) A pot or case of fire clay, in which fine stoneware is inclosed while baking in the kiln; a seggar.
(n.) The clay of which such pots or cases are made.
Example Sentences:
(1) The downpour continued during the morning, leaving much of the ground under water, and the umpires Neil Bainton and Martin Saggers decided shortly after 10am that there was no prospect of play.
(2) Use of custom-made sagger trays giving support to long-span fixed partial dentures at the ends and within the span is desirable for both degassing and porcelain firing, regardless of whether or not the connectors are cast or soldered.
(3) However, the physiological strain experienced by even the workers who remain inside the kiln for unloading the saggers for 10 min or more at a tiem before coming out for a spell of rest was not excessive, except in a few cases.