pin, corking pin, nail,
brad, tack, skewer, staple, corrugated
fastener; clamp, U-clamp, C-clamp; cramp, cramp iron;
ratchet, detent, larigo[obs3], pawl; terret[obs3],
treenail, screw, button, buckle; clasp, hasp, hinge,
hank, catch, latch, bolt, latchet[obs3], tag; tooth;
hook, hook and eye; lock, holdfast[obs3], padlock,
rivet; anchor, grappling iron, trennel[obs3], stake,
post.
cement, glue, gum, paste,
size, wafer, solder, lute, putty, birdlime,
mortar, stucco, plaster, grout; viscum[obs3].
shackle, rein &c. (means
of restraint) 752; prop &c. (support) 215.
V. bridge over, span;
connect &c. 43; hang &c. 214.
#46. Coherence.
— N. coherence, adherence, adhesion, adhesiveness;
concretion, accretion; conglutination, agglutination,
agglomeration; aggregation; consolidation, set, cementation;
sticking, soldering &c. v.; connection; dependence.
tenacity, toughness;
stickiness &c. 352; inseparability,
inseparableness; bur, remora.
conglomerate, concrete
&c. (density) 321.
V. cohere, adhere, stick,
cling, cleave, hold, take hold of, hold
fast, close with, clasp, hug; grow together, hang
together; twine round &c. (join) 43.
stick like a leech,
stick like wax; stick close;
cling like ivy, cling like a bur; adhere like a remora,
adhere like Dejanira’s shirt.
glue; agglutinate, conglutinate[obs3];
cement, lute, paste, gum;
solder, weld; cake, consolidate &c. (solidify) 321;
agglomerate. Adj. cohesive, adhesive, adhering,
cohering &c. v.; tenacious, tough; sticky &c. 352.
united, unseparated,
unsessile[obs3], inseparable, inextricable,
infrangible[obs3]; compact &c. (dense) 321.
#47. [Want of adhesion,
nonadhesion, immiscibility.] Incoherence.
— N. nonadhesion[obs3]; immiscibility;
incoherence; looseness &c. adj.; laxity; relaxation;
loosening &c. v.; freedom; disjunction &c. 44; rope
of sand.
V. make loose &c. adj.;
loosen, slacken, relax; unglue &c. 46;
detach &c. (disjoin) 44.
Adj. nonadhesive, immiscible;
incoherent, detached, loose, baggy,
slack, lax, relaxed, flapping, streaming; disheveled;
segregated, like grains of sand unconsolidated &c.
231, uncombined &c. 48; noncohesive[obs3].
#48. Combination.
— N. combination; mixture &c. 41; junction
&c. 43;
union, unification, synthesis, incorporation, amalgamation,
embodiment, coalescence, crasis[obs3], fusion, blending,
absorption, centralization.
alloy, compound, amalgam,
composition, tertium quid[Lat]; resultant,
impregnation.
V. combine, unite, incorporate,
amalgamate, embody, absorb,
reembody[obs3], blend, merge, fuse, melt into one,
consolidate, coalesce, centralize, impregnate; put
together, lump together; cement a union, marry.
Adj. combined &c. v.;
impregnated with, ingrained; imbued inoculated.