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Webster 1913 Edition
Pivot
1.
A fixed pin or short axis, on the end of which a wheel or other body turns.
2.
The end of a shaft or arbor which rests and turns in a support;
as, the
. pivot
of an arbor in a watch3.
Hence, figuratively: A turning point or condition; that on which important results depend;
as, the
. pivot
of an enterprise4.
(Mil.)
The officer or soldier who simply turns in his place whike the company or line moves around him in wheeling; – called also
pivot man
. Pivot bridge
, a form of drawbridge in which one span, called the pivot span, turns about a central vertical axis.
– Pivot gun
, a gun mounted on a pivot or revolving carriage, so as to turn in any direction.
– Pivot tooth
(Dentistry)
, an artificial crown attached to the root of a natural tooth by a pin or peg.
Piv′ot
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Pivoted
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Pivoting
.] To place on a pivot.
Clarke.
Webster 1828 Edition
Pivot
PIV'OT
,Noun.