barnacle

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valkoposkihanhi A marine crustacean of the subclass Cirripedia that attaches itself to submerged surfaces such as tidal rocks or the bottoms of ships.
The barnacle goose.
puhekieltä In electrical engineering, a change made to a product on the manufacturing floor that was not part of the original product design.
puhekieltä On printed circuit boards, a change such as soldering a wire in order to connect two points, or addition such as an added resistor or capacitor, subassembly or daughterboard.
puhekieltä An instrument like a pair of pincers, to fix on the nose of a vicious horse while shoeing so as to make it more tractable.
puhekieltä A nickname for spectacles.
puhekieltä A good job, or snack easily obtained.
To connect with or attach.
2009, Wikipedia:Liza Dalby|Liza Dalby, Hidden Buddhas: A Novel of Karma and Chaos, Stone Bridge Press (2009), ISBN 9781933330853, http://books.google.com/books?id=WuoT_U80L-oC&lpg=PA178&dq=%22barnacled%22&pg=PA178v=onepage&q&f=false page 178:

Tokuda went over everything his grandfather had taught him, including the commentary that had barnacled on to the core knowledge.

He turned a corner to where he supposed the cupboard might be, to find Howie and Alanna barnacled together in an embrace.