1. A sloping chute with a flat bed.

2. A sliding mechanism.

1. A vein of clay intersecting and dislocating a vein vertically, or the vertical dislocation itself.

2. A rotational or planar mass movement of earth, snow, or rock resulting from failure under shear stress along one or more surfaces.

The main reciprocating member of a mechanical press, guided in a press frame, to which the punch or upper die is fastened.

1. An upright rail fixed in a shaft with corresponding grooves for steadying the cages.

2. A trough used to guide and to support rods in a tripod when drilling an angle hole. Also known as rod slide.

1. Sliding part of the receiver of certain automatic weapons.

2. Sliding catch on the breech mechanism of certain weapons.