binder frame (binderfram)

In mach., a hanger supporting rting shafting, and having adjustable bearings by able bearings by which the position of the pulleys can be regulated to suit the direction of motion of the belts. IMG:content-2074.png:[blocks in formation] suffer, all suffer. F. Clarke, Self-Culture, p. 60. Have enough oil in the colours to bind them. Workshop Receipts , 1st ser., p. 423. Workshop Receipts , 2d ser., p. 343. 14. To place under obligation or compulsion: as, all are bound to obey the laws. Binding the ink to prevent its smearing. This ring I gave him, when he parted from me, To bind him to remember my good-will. Shak ., T. G. of V., iv. 4. 'Tis true, by my father's will, I am for a short period bound to regard you as his substitute. Sheridan , School for Scandal, iii. 1. 15. To put under legal obligation; often with over: as, to bind a man over to keep the peace. Specifically-16. To indenture as an apprentice: often with out. IMG:content-2075.png:[blocks in formation] Bound in with the A costly jewel... triumphant sea. Shak ., Rich. II., ii. 1. bound in with diamonds. Shak., 2 Hen. VI., iii. 2. To bind up in, to cause to be wholly engro ed with; absorb in; connect intimately with: chiefly in the pa ive. Seeing that his life is bound up in the lad's life. Gen. xliv. 30. Serving to bind, fasten, or connect; making fast.-2. Having power to bind or oblige; obligatory: as, a binding engagement. Civil contracts may be held binding although made by lunatics. E. C. Mann , Psychol. Med., p. 87. 3. Astringent.-4. Causing constipation; constipating. [Colloq.] binding (bin'ding), n . [Verbal n. of bind , v.] 1. The act or action of making fast, securing, uniting, etc., in any sense of the verb bind : as, the binding of prisoners; wire that serves for bind ing .-2. Anything that binds; a bandage; the cover of a book, with the sewing and accompanying work; something that secures the edges of cloth or of a garment.-3. In fencing, a method of securing the adversary's sword, consisting in cro ing it with a pre ure, accompanied with a spring of the wrist.-4. pl . In ship- building , the beams, transoms, knees, wales, keelson, and other chief timbers used for connecting and strengthening the various parts of a ve el. Also called binders .-5. The condition a umed by adhesive soils in hot dry seasons; a similar condition in the soil of flowerpots in which plants have been kept too long or too dry; closene , dryne , or hardne of texture.-6. In mach ., the prevention of free mo IMG:content-2076.png:[blocks in formation] tion in one part of a machine by the sagging or by fusing bend and cringe.] 1. To make a low any deviation from a straight line of another obeisance; courtesy.-2. To cringe; fawn. portion.-7. A projection of a part of a struc-bing-ore (bing'ōr), n. Lead ore in small lumps. ture or machine by which parts intended to [Eng.] touch are prevented from coming into perfect bingstead (bing's ted), n. In mining, the place contact.-8. Naut., a wrought-iron ring around where bing-ore is stored ready to go to the a dead-eye. Binding-cloth, a dyed and stamped fabric used for the binding of books. - Binding-joists, beams in flooring which support the bridging joists smelter. [North. Eng.] bink (bingk), n. [Sc. and North. E.; and the ceiling-joists below. Binding-piece, a piece nailed between two opposite beams or joists, to prevent lateral deflection; a strutting or straining-piece. -Binding-rafter, a longitudinal timber which supports the roof rafters between the ridge and the eaves or the comb and the cave. See purlin.-Binding-strake, in ship - build ing, a thick straking-wale, placed where it can be bolted to knees, etc.-Binding-wire, a wire made of very soft iron, used to connect pieces which are to be soldered together.- Extra binding. See bound extra, under bound3. -Half binding, in bookbinding, a leather back and papered-board leather sides.- or cloth Quarter binding, board in sides bookbinding, binna (bin'ä). [Sc., with the leaves.- Three-quarter binding, in book bind ing, a leather back of extra width with leather corners Be not. and papered-board sides. bindingly (bin'ding-li), adv. In a binding manner; so as to bind. bindingne (bīn'ding-nes), n. [ binding , p. a., +-ne .] The quality of being binding or ob- ligatory. The unconditional bindingne of the practical reason. Cole ridge. binding-post (bin'ding-post), n. In an elec- trical apparatus, a small post having a hole into which a wire is inserted, or through which it pa es and is held by a screw. binding-screw (bin'ding-skrö), n. 1. A screw designed to bind and fasten two parts of any adjustable tool or apparatus, as the blade of a bevel; a set-screw; espe- cially, a screw set in at right angles to another, another, either abutting against it or tight- ening the female, female, so as to Binding-screw. prevent the male from turning.-2. In elect., a simple arrangement by which two electrical conductors may be brought into metallic connection. (See cut.) A similar stationary arrangement is called a binding - post. - Binding-screw clamp, a combined clamp and set-screw used to connect a wire with the elements of a galvanic battery. bind-rail (bind'rāl), n. 1. In eng in., a piece to which the heads of pipes are secured.-2. A timber cap or tie placed on top of a group of piles, to hold them together and make a support for floor-beams. bindweb (bind'web), n. In an at., neuroglia. bindweed (bind'wed), n. [Also bineweed; early mod. E. byndeweed;