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Swing :: Swing (v. t.) To admit or turn (anything) for the purpose of shaping it; -- said of a lathe; as, the lathe can swing a pulley of 12 inches diameter..

Comb :: Comb (n.) A tool with teeth, used for chasing screws on work in a lathe; a chaser..

Carrier :: Carrier (n.) That which drives or carries; as: (a) A piece which communicates to an object in a lathe the motion of the face plate; a lathe dog. (b) A spool holder or bobbin holder in a braiding machine. (c) A movable piece in magazine guns which transfers the cartridge to a position from which it can be thrust into the barrel.

Reed :: Reed (n.) A frame having parallel flat stripe of metal or reed, between which the warp threads pass, set in the swinging lathe or batten of a loom for beating up the weft; a sley. See Batten..

Center :: Center (n.) A conical recess, or indentation, in the end of a shaft or other work, to receive the point of a center, on which the work can turn, as in a lathe..

Turn :: Turn (v. i.) To undergo the process of turning on a lathe; as, ivory turns well..

Lathe :: Lathe (n.) Formerly, a part or division of a county among the Anglo-Saxons. At present it consists of four or five hundreds, and is confined to the county of Kent..

Flathead :: Flathead (n.) A Chinook Indian. See Chinook, n., 1..

Swing :: Swing (n.) Capacity of a turning lathe, as determined by the diameter of the largest object that can be turned in it..

Shears :: Shears (n.) The bedpiece of a machine tool, upon which a table or slide rest is secured; as, the shears of a lathe or planer. See Illust. under Lathe..

Throwe :: Throwe (n.) A turning lathe.

Puppet :: Puppet (n.) The upright support for the bearing of the spindle in a lathe.

Flathead :: Flathead (a.) Characterized by flatness of head, especially that produced by artificial means, as a certain tribe of American Indians..

Tournery :: Tournery (n.) Work turned on a lathe; turnery.

Tailstock :: Tailstock (n.) The sliding block or support, in a lathe, which carries the dead spindle, or adjustable center. The headstock supports the live spindle..

Way :: Way (n.) The longitudinal guides, or guiding surfaces, on the bed of a planer, lathe, or the like, along which a table or carriage moves..

Gear :: Gear (n.) An apparatus for performing a special function; gearing; as, the feed gear of a lathe..

Spin :: Spin (v. t.) To shape, as malleable sheet metal, into a hollow form, by bending or buckling it by pressing against it with a smooth hand tool or roller while the metal revolves, as in a lathe..

Broad :: Broad (n.) A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders.

Whisket :: Whisket (n.) A small lathe for turning wooden pins.

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