the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Switch
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(n.) A device for shifting an electric current to another circuit, or for making and breaking a circuit.
(2):
(n.) A mechanical device for shifting an electric current to another circuit.
(3):
(v. i.) To walk with a jerk.
(4):
(n.) A small, flexible twig or rod.
(5):
(n.) A movable part of a rail; or of opposite rails, for transferring cars from one track to another.
(6):
(n.) A separate mass or trees of hair, or of some substance (at jute) made to resemble hair, worn on the head by women.
(7):
(v. t.) To trim, as, a hedge.
(8):
(v. t.) To shift to another circuit.
(9):
(v. t.) To turn from one railway track to another; to transfer by a switch; - generally with off, from, etc.; as, to switch off a train; to switch a car from one track to another.
(10):
(v. t.) To strike with a switch or small flexible rod; to whip.
(11):
(v. t.) To swing or whisk; as, to switch a cane.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Switch'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/s/switch.html. 1828.
