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n. Either of two large reptiles, Alligator mississipiensis of the southeast United States or A. sinensis of China, having sharp teeth and powerful jaws. They differ from crocodiles in having a broader, shorter snout.

n. Leather made from the hide of one of these reptiles.

n. A tool or fastener having strong, adjustable, often toothed jaws.

n. A large amphibious reptile with sharp teeth and very strong jaws related to the crocodile and native to the Americas and China. Informal short form: gator

v. To crack in a pattern resembling an alligator's skin.

n. One who binds or ties.

n. A large carnivorous reptile of the Crocodile family, peculiar to America. It has a shorter and broader snout than the crocodile, and the large teeth of the lower jaw shut into pits in the upper jaw, which has no marginal notches. Besides the common species of the southern United States, there are allied species in South America.

n. Any machine with strong jaws, one of which opens like the movable jaw of an alligator.

n. a form of squeezer for the puddle ball.

n. a rock breaker.

n. a kind of job press, called also alligator press.

v. to form shallow cracks in a reticulated pattern on the surface, or in a coating on the surface, of an object.

n. Any American member of the family Alligatoridæ or the family Crocodilidæ; an American crocodile; a cayman; a jacaré.

n. [capitalized] [NL.] More specifically, a genus of large lizard-like or saurian reptiles, the type of the family Alligatoridæ, order Crocodilia, formerly family Crocodilidæ, order Sauria. See Alligatoridæ, Crocodilidæ.

n. A local name of the little brown fence-lizard, Sceloporus undulatus, common in many parts of the United States.

n. A machine for bringing the balls of iron from a puddling-furnace into compact form so that they can be handled; a squeezer.

n. A peculiar form of rock-breaker.

n. A boat used in handling floating logs. It can be moved overland from one body of water to another by its own power, usually applied through a drum and cable.

v. crack and acquire the appearance of alligator hide, as from weathering or improper application; of paint and varnishes

n. leather made from alligator's hide

n. either of two amphibious reptiles related to crocodiles but with shorter broader snouts

""Well, old alligator, what's the time o 'day?" asked another man, bringing down a brawny paw, with a resounding thump, upon the Herculean shoulders of the first querist, thereby giving me the information that in the West _alligator_ is a designation of the _genus homo_; in fact, that it is customary for a man to address his fellow-man as "old alligator," instead of "old fellow.""

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