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

Arbor :: Arbor (n.) A mandrel in lathe turning.

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

Feed :: Feed (n.) The motion, or act, of carrying forward the stuff to be operated upon, as cloth to the needle in a sewing machine; or of producing progressive operation upon any material or object in a machine, as, in a turning lathe, by moving the cutting tool along or in the work..

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

Contourniated :: Contourniated (a.) Having furrowed edges, as if turned in a lathe..

Turner :: Turner (n.) One who turns; especially, one whose occupation is to form articles with a lathe..

Treadle :: Treadle (n.) The part of a foot lathe, or other machine, which is pressed or moved by the foot..

Automatical :: Automatical (a.) Pertaining to, or produced by, an automaton; of the nature of an automaton; self-acting or self-regulating under fixed conditions; -- esp. applied to machinery or devices in which certain things formerly or usually done by hand are done by the machine or device itself; as, the automatic feed of a lathe; automatic gas lighting; an automatic engine or switch; an automatic mouse..

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..

Chinook :: Chinook (n.) One of a tribe of North American Indians now living in the state of Washington, noted for the custom of flattening their skulls. Chinooks also called Flathead Indians..

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..

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..

Lathed :: Lathed (imp. & p. p.) of Lat.

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

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

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

Lathereeve :: Lathereeve (n.) Alt. of Lathreev.

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..

Turning :: Turning (n.) Turnery, or the shaping of solid substances into various by means of a lathe and cutting tools..

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