Found 1 items, similar to Chuck farthing.
English → English (gcide) Definition: Chuck farthing Chuck \Chuck\, n. 1. A slight blow or pat under the chin. [1913 Webster] 2. A short throw; a toss. [1913 Webster] 3. (Mach.) A contrivance or machine fixed to the mandrel of a lathe, for holding a tool or the material to be operated upon. [1913 Webster] Chuck farthing, a play in which a farthing is pitched into a hole; pitch farthing. Chuck hole, a deep hole in a wagon rut. Elliptic chuck, a chuck having a slider and an eccentric circle, which, as the work turns round, give it a sliding motion across the center which generates an ellipse. --Knight. [1913 Webster]