cotter

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But before you break out the wrench and cotter pins, it helps to go over some propeller basics to find a good starting point.

From Time Magazine Archive

Jaws adjust to open wide, making easy work of bending the legs of new cotter pins and loosening large nuts.

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As the U.S. cotter pin in the United Nations, Lodge was given Cabinet status and a large voice in U.S. policy�and grew in stature to measure up to both.

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The cause of the accident was narrowed down to a cotter pin, which one of the mechanics at Valbuena Field had forgotten to replace after greasing the landing wheels that morning.

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The vertical position of the drill spindle is of great advantage in cotter drilling wrought iron or steel, as the slot in process of cutting can be kept full of oil.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua