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A wedge.
A thin piece of material, sometimes tapered, used for alignment or support.
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A small library that transparently intercepts and modifies calls to an API, usually for compatibility purposes.
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A kind of shallow plow used in tillage to break the ground and clear it of weeds.
(senseid) A small metal device used to pick open a lock.

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To fit one or more shims to a piece of machinery.
To adjust something by using shims.
To adjust the homogeneity of a magnetic field, after the mechanical devices once used for the purpose.
To intercept and modify calls to (an API), usually for compatibility purposes.
A transsexual person, especially a woman; a queen or transvestite.
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A person characterised by both male and female traits, or by ambiguous male-female traits; a hermaphrodite.
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