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Look up: sledge

  1. Sledge
    A flat-decked sled used for transporting provisions.
    Found on http://www.xmission.com/~drudy/amm/gloss

  2. Sledge
    Sledge is a town in Quitman County Mississippi, USA
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  3. sledge
    [v] - ride in a sleigh 2. [v] - transport in a sleigh 3. [v] - travel with a sledge
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  4. Sledge
    Sledge (slĕj) noun [ Perhaps from sleds , plural of sled , confused with sledge a hammer. See Sled , noun ] 1. A strong vehicle with low runners or low wheels; or one without wheels or runners, made of plank slightly turned up at one end, used for transporting loads upon the snow, ice, or bare ground; a sled. 2. A hurdle on ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/119

  5. Sledge
    Sledge (slĕj) intransitive verb & t. [ imperfect & past participle Sledged (slĕjd); present participle & verbal noun Sledging .] To travel or convey in a sledge or sledges. Howitt.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/119

  6. Sledge
    Sledge noun [ Anglo-Saxon slecge ,from sleán to strike, beat. See Slay , transitive verb ] A large, heavy hammer, usually wielded with both hands; -- called also sledge hammer . « With his heavy sledge he can it beat.» Spenser.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/119

  7. Sledge
    • (n.) A strong vehicle with low runners or low wheels; or one without wheels or runners, made of plank slightly turned up at one end, used for transporting loads upon the snow, ice, or bare ground; a sled. • (n.) A game at cards; -- called also old sledge, and all fours. • (v. i. & t.) To travel or convey in a sledge or sledges. &bu...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  8. sledge
    (from the article `hand tool`) `Hammer` is used here in a general sense to cover the wide variety of striking tools distinguished by other names, such as pounder, beetle, mallet, ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/107

  9. sledge
    any freight- or passenger-carrying device that is dragged or pushed without the aid of wheels. The travois of the North American Indian was a sledge ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/107

  10. sledge
    sledge: see sled.
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A09188


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