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fitting

Device used to attach materials together. Permanent fittings include nails and rivets, while fittings that can be removed include screws and nuts and bolts. Hinges are fittings that allow movement at a joint. DIY furniture often includes specialist fittings called knock-down (KD) fittings, which are used to assemble products and hold them in place but can be removed in order to disassemble the product.



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Seeing a thrush sitting upon a tree, he wished to take it, and fitting his twigs to a proper length, watched intently, having his whole thoughts directed towards the sky.
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It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.
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Again, a young girl, more bold and saucy than was fitting, brushed the priest's black robe, singing in his face the sardonic ditty, "niche, niche, the devil is caught.
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