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n.v., Any instrument that opens and shuts, as shears, scissors, tongs, bellows, carpenter's compass; to beat, as the heart; to open and shut, as the mouth champing food; to slam, bang, as a door.

• Figuratively, a furious attack, onslaught.

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• Related:
  • Mākala ʻūpā. Masseter muscle, i.e. the muscle that closes the jaw.

Fig., an onslaught, furious attack. (PE.)

Action of the heart in receiving and sending out blood.

Any instrument that opens and closes in the manner of shears, bellows; compass, tongs. Early tools of this type were made of sharkʻs teeth.

Pliers.

Pliers.