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n. A fixed or removable cylindrical metal lining used to constrain, guide, or reduce friction.

n. Electricity An insulating lining for an aperture through which a conductor passes.

n. An adapter threaded to permit joining of pipes with different diameters.

n. A type of bearing, a cylindrical lining designed to reduce friction and wear inside a hole, often used as a casing for a shaft, pin or hinge.

n. A lining for an opening through which a conductor passes, providing insulation and mechanical protection for the conductor.

n. An adapter for joining pipes of different size.

n. The operation of fitting bushes, or linings, into holes or places where wear is to be received, or friction diminished, as pivot holes, etc.

n. A bush or lining; -- sometimes called a thimble. See 4th Bush.

n. Same as bush, 1.

n. A hollow cylindrical mass of steel or iron screwed into the rear end of the bore of a breech-loading cannon. It forms the seat for the breech-block or screw.

n. Also called bouching.

n. an insulating liner in an opening through which conductors pass

n. a cylindrical metal lining used to reduce friction

"The ideal replacement bushing is one made from polyurethane."

insulator    nonconductor    dielectric    liner    lining   

beveled bushing   

thimble    bush   

bearing    coak    bush    bouche    thimble   

bush   

monopod    þber    scriber    dentin    ferule    thumbscrew    denture    amygdaloid    coralite    spongiform