A connecting device into which a plug can be inserted to make circuit connections; may also have contacts that open or close to perform switching functions when the plug is inserted or removed.

A portable device for lifting heavy loads through a short distance, operated by a lever, a screw, or a hydraulic press.

See <<sphalerite>>

1. A frame in lace-manufacturing equipment that has horizontal bars to support fixed vertical wires, against which bobbins containing the yarn can freely revolve.

2. An oscillating lever that raises the harness of a dobby loom.