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(1):

(n.) An ornament placed at the bottom of a short page to fill up the space, or at the end of a book.

(2):

(n.) A piece of ebony or other material attached to the lower end of a violin or similar instrument, to which the strings are fastened.

(3):

(n.) The part of a telescope containing the adjusting device for the eyepiece, etc.

(4):

(n.) A piece at the end; an appendage.

(5):

(n.) One of the timbers which tail into a header, in floor framing. See Illust. of Header.

(6):

(n.) A piece for transmitting motion from the hub of a lock to the latch bolt.