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Screw-cutting :: Screw-cutting (a.) Adapted for forming a screw by cutting; as, a screw-cutting lathe..

Lather :: Lather (n.) Foam from profuse sweating, as of a horse..

Calipers :: Calipers (n. pl.) An instrument, usually resembling a pair of dividers or compasses with curved legs, for measuring the diameter or thickness of bodies, as of work shaped in a lathe or planer, timber, masts, shot, etc.; or the bore of firearms, tubes, etc.; -- called also caliper compasses, or caliber compasses..

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..

Lather :: Lather (n.) To spread over with lather; as, to lather the face..

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

Chaser :: Chaser (n.) A tool with several points, used for cutting or finishing screw threads, either external or internal, on work revolving in a lathe..

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

Plathelminth :: Plathelminth (n.) One of the Platyelminthes.

Turnery :: Turnery (n.) Things or forms made by a turner, or in the lathe..

Rest :: Rest (n.) That on which anything rests or leans for support; as, a rest in a lathe, for supporting the cutting tool or steadying the work..

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

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

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..

Live :: Live (a.) Imparting power; having motion; as, the live spindle of a lathe..

Lathered :: Lathered (imp. & p. p.) of Lathe.

Spindle :: Spindle (n.) The shaft, mandrel, or arbor, in a machine tool, as a lathe or drilling machine, etc., which causes the work to revolve, or carries a tool or center, etc..

Lathe :: Lathe (n.) The movable swing frame of a loom, carrying the reed for separating the warp threads and beating up the weft; -- called also lay and batten..

Flatworm :: Flatworm (n.) Any worm belonging to the Plathelminthes; also, sometimes applied to the planarians..

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