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   Switch , n. [Cf. OD. swick a scourage, a whip. Cf. Swink, Swing.]
   A small, flexible twig or rod.
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   Mauritania, on the fifth medal, leads a horse with something like a thread; in her other hand she holds a switch.
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   (Railways) A movable part of a rail; or of opposite rails, for transferring cars from one track to another.
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   A separate mass or trees of hair, or of some substance (at jute) made to resemble hair, worn on the head by women.
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   (Elec.) A device for shifting an electric current to another circuit, or for making and breaking a circuit.
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   Safety switch (Railways), a form of switch contrived to prevent or lessen the danger of derailment of trains. -- Switch back (Railways), an arrangement of tracks whereby elevations otherwise insurmountable are passed. The track ascends by a series of zigzags, the engine running alternately forward and back, until the summit is reached. -- Switch board (Elec.), a collection of switches in one piece of apparatus, so arranged that a number of circuits may be connected or combined in any desired manner. -- Switch grass. (Bot.) See under Grass.
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