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n. கால்மூட்டுச் சில்லுகளில் ஒன்று, (கப்) கயிற நிலையிறுக்கி, விசைச் செங்கோணியக்க அமைவு, (வினை) செங்கோணியக்க அமைவு இணை, இறுக்கிப்பிடி.

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Tog"gle, n. Etym: [Cf. Tug.] [Written also toggel.] 1. (Naut.) Defn: A wooden pin tapering toward both ends with a groove around its middle, fixed transversely in the eye of a rope to be secured to any other loop or bight or ring; a kind of button or frog capable of being readily engaged and disengaged for temporary purposes. 2. (Mach.) Defn: Two rods or plates connected by a toggle joint. Toggle iron, a harpoon with a pivoted crosspiece in a mortise near the point to prevent it from being drawn out when a whale, shark, or other animal, is harpooned. -- Toggle joint, an elbow or knee joint, consisting of two bars so connected that they may be brought quite or nearly into a straight line, and made to produce great endwise pressure, when any force is applied to bring them into this position.

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