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WOODEN WEDGE [7 records]

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Record 1 2017-05-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hand Tools
CONT

The hammer handle should always be tight in the head... The eye or hole in the hammer head is made with a slight taper in both directions from the center. After the handle, which is tapered to fit the eye, is inserted, in the head, a steel or wooden wedge is driven into the end of the handle that is inserted into the head. This wedge expands the handle and causes it to fill the opposite taper in the eye. Thus the handle is wedged in both directions...

Key term(s)
  • hammer wedge
  • hammer handle wedge
  • hammer eye wedge
  • hammer head wedge

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage à main
DEF

Coin en bois dur ou en métal que l'on enfonce dans l'œil des pannes des marteaux et des maillets pour les solidariser avec leur manche.

Spanish

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Record 2 2015-04-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dentistry
CONT

Usually the wedge is in ;in the interdental space from the lingual since this is the wider of the embrasures.... Moistening the wooden wedge by submersing it in water permits easier placement and tends to better secure its positions. The second deficiency will be overcome by the use of a hardwood wedge forcefully driven into place, resulting in separation of the approximating teeth.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dentisterie
CONT

Un coin de bois dur interdentaire est forcé dans l'intervalle proximal avec un fouloir. Il doit être assez gros et assez dur pour assurer le léger écartement dont on a besoin. Il est taillé à la demande dans du hêtre ou du frêne, mis à tremper pour l'attendrir et forcé en place.

Spanish

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Record 3 2015-04-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dentistry
CONT

A wooden wedge must be trimmed to fit anatomically with the triangle formed by the matrix band, the adjacent proximal surface and the gingival tissue... Moistening the wooden wedge by submersing it in water permits easier placement and tends to better secure its position.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dentisterie
CONT

[...] les matrices individuelles et le séparateur McKean nécessitent l'usage d'un coin de bois pour assurer le contact intime. Nous utilisons deux types de coins de bois [...] Le vieux procédé qui consiste à les mouiller d'une teinture résineuse avant de les insérer, pour leur éviter tout déplacement ultérieur n'est pas à dédaigner [...]

Spanish

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Record 4 2003-08-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Shipbuilding Yards and Docks
DEF

A wooden wedge used when a ship is being built or while in dry dock to prevent her from moving and to keep her upright.

OBS

These wedges are inserted at the bottom and sides of the ship.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chantiers maritimes
DEF

Pièce de bois ou de métal, amovible, qui équilibre la poussée latérale des poids d'un navire en cale sèche.

OBS

On distingue les accores d'étrave, d'étambot, de bouchain.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Astilleros y dársenas
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Record 5 1998-11-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Forestry Operations
DEF

A metal wedge having a socket near its head, into which a wooden peg is fitted for initially steadying the wedge while it is being driven.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exploitation forestière
DEF

Coin de bois avec un embout métallique, ou coin métallique prolongé par une cheville en bois, utilisé pour déclencher et diriger la chute de l'arbre lors de son abattage.

Spanish

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Record 6 1978-10-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Painting (Arts)
  • Art Supplies
DEF

Wedge inserted into slots in the wooden stretcher of a painting to tighten the canvas.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Peinture (Arts)
  • Matériel d'artistes
DEF

Petite lamelle de bois taillée en coin et qui, introduite dans les mortaises des châssis, les empêche de s'écarter et contribue à maintenir les toiles à peindre parfaitement tendues.

Spanish

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Record 7 1978-06-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plastic Arts
OBS

The triangular wooden wedge employed in the slot at the inner joint of a stretcher to enlarge its outer dimension mechanically.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Arts plastiques
OBS

Les cales [...] servent [...] à pincer [la toile] ou à la détendre lorsque des changements atmosphériques la font travailler.

Spanish

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