Yes," came the creaking, rusted hingeof a voice, "I have.
It was inevitable that the talk should turn upon the Bullard murder, and that the failure of the police force to find the killer or even to find a likely suspect should be the hinge for its turning.
Each rounded steel band ran unbroken except for the smooth, almost jointless hinge and the small lock which sat perched on the back of the wrist in a little rounded excrescence like a steel wart.
Nevertheless, what a man needs in gardening is a cast-iron back,--with a hinge in it.
On its hinge The door turns and he enters: what quick twinge Ruins the smiling mouth, those wide eyes fix Whereon, why like some spectral candlestick's Branch the disciple's arms?
Cousin to cousin, as yon hinge a-creak Shut out the party, and the gate returned To custody of Clairvaux.
Sleep leaves a door on hinge Whence soul, ere our flesh suspect, Is off and away: detect Her vagaries when loose, who can!
Put the bolt through the middle hole of the hingeand replace the nut as shown in the drawing.
Broom Holder Made of a Hinge [33] The broom holder shown in the sketch is made of an ordinary hinge with one wing screwed to the wall.
This method allows a wide range of designs, which [Illustration: Fancy Hinge Wings] can be made at home with ordinary tools.
Tinplate, iron [Illustration: Metal Parts Screwed on Leather Hinge] hoops, zinc or thin brass cut in neat designs will make a leatherhinge appear as well as a metal hinge.
The hinge for connecting the two jaws is made of four small screw eyes, two in each jaw.
Get a fast [Illustration: Hand Vise Made from a Hinge] joint hinge about 2 in.
Metal Coverings for Leather Hinges [41] A method of making a leather hinge work as well as an ordinary steel butt is to cover the wings with sheet metal.
A large gate hinge is used to hold the pedal to the floor.
With this device any small object may be firmly held by simply placing it between the sides of the hinge and tightening the nut.
This will form a hinge so the two quarters may be folded for putting away.
It is well to reinforce the hinge by gluing on a strip of cloth if the lamp is to be in use more than once or twice.
Cut the handle from an old broom, measure off the right length, and put a hinge on one end.
A Home-Made Hand Vise [201] A very useful little hand vise can easily be made from a hingeand a bolt carrying a wing nut.
Hinge the drop to the box with a cloth strip (Fig.
Hinge the cover to the top with two pieces of heavy cloth; glue one piece to the inside of the cover and box, and the other to the outside.
Fasten the boards together with battens placed upon the inside, and hinge it to the bottom of the stable.
Nail a narrow strip across the top of the rear end of the wagon and hinge a drop end-gate to the wagon-bed with cloth strips.
Him now Phoenician Dido holds, and with kind words enow 670 Delays him there, but unto what Junonian welcomes grow I fear me: will she hold her hand when thus the hingeis dight?
For the vertical motion there is a hinge upon which the telescope plays, for the horizontal or equatorial motion, an axis upon which the telescope and the hinge turn round together.
Upon his decision may hingethe entire policy of the Government respecting a measure, and even the fate of the measure itself.
Dean compares to the hinge of a spring-beetle (Elater).
They seem to be rather jointed appendages of the head-plate, erectile on a hinge like a pectoral spine.
Canine teeth are often depressible, having a hingeat base.
In one genus, Rhodosoma, the resemblance was even stronger, for there the tunic is in two parts, united by a hinge line, and closed by an adductor muscle.
The hinge joints allow forward and backward movements like a hinge.
Its lower end is broad and irregularly shaped, having two prominences called condyles, separated by a groove, the whole fitted for forming a hinge joint with the bones of the lower leg and the knee-cap.
The lower end of the bone is grooved to help form a hinge joint at the elbow with the bones of the forearm (Fig.
It articulates with the lower end of the thigh bone, forming with it a hinge joint.
The hinge joint thus formed allows the head to nod forward, while ligaments prevent it from moving too far.
They an divided into hinge joints, ball-and-socket joints and pivot joints.
Strap hinge, a hinge with long flaps by which it is fastened, as to a door or wall.
That on which anything turns or depends; a governing principle; a cardinal point or rule; as, this argument was the hinge on which the question turned.
Gemel hinge (Locksmithing), a hinge consisting of an eye or loop and a hook.
Defn: Pertaining to, or resembling, a ginglymus, or hinge joint; ginglyform.
Defn: A hinge joint; an articulation, admitting of flexion and extension, or motion in two directions only, as the elbow and the ankle.
Joint hinge, a hingehaving long leaves; a strap hinge.
Defn: One of the lateral prominence just above the hinge of a bivalve shell.
That part of a hinge which is fixed to a post, and on which a door or gate hangs and turns.
Defn: The joining pars of a hinge through which the pin or rivet passes; a knuckle joint.
Any one of various species of marine bivalve shells belonging to the genus Avicula, in which the hinge border projects like a wing.
Defn: A division of brachiopods including those which have a calcareous shell furnished with a hinge and hinge teeth.
Defn: The most elevated part of a bivalve shell, or the part in which the hinge is situated.
Their opening appears partly due to the elasticity of the membranous hinge (representing the opercular membrane), by which they are attached transversely, just beneath the summit of the carina and rostrum.
An excellent hinge may be made with a piece of leather an inch and a half long, by half an inch in width, one half of the length being tied around the end of the spindle, and the other tacked on to the upper edge of the board.
If this hinge should prove too complicated for our young readers, they may resort to another method, which, although not so durable, will answer very well.
In the other method (f), the bait stick should be a half inch longer, and the spot for the hinge a quarter inch lower.
Continue thus until the hinge of the door is reached; after which the wire should be passed up and down on the same side and thus carried around the small end of the cage until it finally meets at the door hinge on the opposite side.
These loops should be passed through the screws or rings already inserted, and then pinched together; the hingewill thus be made, and will appear as at (c).
To make the hinge for the lid, two small holes should be bored through the sides of the trap, about four inches from the tall end, and half an inch from the upper edge of each board.
The spindle of this trap should be about eight or nine inches long, square and slender,--the lower end being flattened, and the upper end secured to the top edge of the upright board by a hinge of leather or string.
The cover of the box in any case should work on a hinge of some sort.
The two bent ends should now be attached together by a hinge of leather.
Illustration] The spindle should consist of a flat piece of wood, secured with a leather hinge to the edge of the outside box, directly opposite the catch.
By now fastening these loops to the bottom of the box with tacks, in the place of screws, it will form a hinge which will answer the purpose of the more complicated one.
The hinge piece should be cut to an edge on that end where the leather is fastened, the opposite end being bevelled off in order that the platform may rest and be tacked or glued firmly upon it.
They usually close with rubber facings which in time will get worn, and dirt is liable to work into the hinge and otherwise prevent tight and easy closing.
Why it is argued that because the Mesosaurus had a hinge in his jaw he must have had a big, loose, baggy throat.
Because of this hinge he could open his mouth wider without putting anything out of place, don't you see?
In the great American inland sea of those days swam one kind of fierce fish-lizard that took such big bites he had to have a hinge in his jaw.
Make a fine open slit c d right through the card and extending from the hinge to a short distance on the door,--the centre line of this slit coinciding accurately with the sun-line.
Care must be taken that this hinge is exactly at right angles to the sun-line.
During hostilities the vital issues which hinge on alert supervision create an accentuated demand for the intelligent exercise of professional judgment.
It is then, also, that the responsibility of the commander creates an added demand for intelligent application of mental power because of the vital issues which may hinge upon his decisions.
Professional judgment then assumes supreme importance because vital issues may hinge upon the decisions reached during the development of the action.
The Gnomon or style moves upon a hinge so as to allow of its lying flat upon the Dial while in the pocket, and thus rendering the instrument conveniently portable.
Vain all thy tears, when loud shall sound The trump, when flames shall scorch the ground, When from its hinge the cloven world Is loosed, in horrid tumult hurled.
The correct way to 'play' the reflector is to press the steel point into the under side of the table, just sufficiently far back to bring the hinge about level with the lower edge of the table top.
The hingeis fitted with light friction-springs, which enable the mirror to retain any position in which it may be placed.
Thereafter the hinge creaked again and they stood side by side within a small chamber where was a doorway hung across with heavy curtains beyond which a light burned.
Then, in the dark a hinge creaked faintly, a quivering hand seized Beltane's manacled wrist, drawing him on and through a narrow opening that yawned suddenly before them.
Articulate Brachiopoda, with pedicle-opening restricted to ventral valve, and either open at the hinge line or more or less completely closed by a pseudo-deltidium, which may disappear in adult.
Place leaf in the book and push well back; rub the little pasted hinge down with bone folder, being careful to leave no free paste.
It makes the whole question hinge upon the truth of God's word.
Here is the hinge on which the whole matter moves.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "hinge" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
