hinge

sarana, nivel

ratkaiseva seikka

saranoida A jointed or flexible device that allows the pivoting of a door etc.
1826, (w), (w), volume 3, chapter 1

The massy portals of the churches swung creaking on their hinges; and some lay dead on the pavement.

This argument was the hinge on which the question turned.

When the moon is in the hinge at East.

Nor slept the winds / Within their stony caves, but rush'd abroad / From the four hinges of the world.

Games can hinge on the sort of controversial decision made by Taylor in the 10th minute. After Rivière collected Gabriel Obertan’s pass and sashayed beyond Daley Blind he drew the United centre- half into a rash, clumsy challenge but, puzzlingly, Taylor detected no penalty.

The flake hinged at an inclusion in the core.

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