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noun Machinery.

a disklike gear having teeth cut on the face more or less radially and engaging with a spur or helical pinion, the axis of which is at right angles to it.

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In that photo, Merabet has a big smile that spreads across his whole face and lights up his eyes.
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Cassandra, whose hair has already begun to fall out from her court-mandated chemotherapy, could face a similar outcome.
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They know they will face either a swift backlash or deafening silence.
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They are to face oppression with humble persistence and absolute conviction.
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She narrowed her eyes, bit her lip as if to chew over the question, and whisked some stray blond hairs away from her face.
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It is most peculiar, and when he plays that way, the most bewitching little expression comes over his face.
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Bernard stood there face to face with Mrs. Vivian, whose eyes seemed to plead with him more than ever.
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A Yankee, whose face had been mauled in a pot-house brawl, assured General Jackson that he had received his scars in battle.
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With a suffocating gasp, she fell back into the chair on which she sat, and covered her face with her hands.
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Joe looked at her with a smile, his face still solemn and serious for all its youth and the fires of new-lit hope behind his eyes.
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