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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..

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

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

Driver :: Driver (n.) An attachment to a lathe, spindle, or face plate to turn a carrier..

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

Throw :: Throw (n.) A turner's lathe; a throwe.

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..

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..

Lathreeve :: Lathreeve (n.) Formerly, the head officer of a lathe. See 1st Lathe..

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

Lather :: Lather (v. t.) To beat severely with a thong, strap, or the like; to flog..

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

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

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

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

Pedal :: Pedal (a.) A lever or key acted on by the foot, as in the pianoforte to raise the dampers, or in the organ to open and close certain pipes; a treadle, as in a lathe or a bicycle..

Headstock :: Headstock (n.) The part of a lathe that holds the revolving spindle and its attachments; -- also called poppet head, the opposite corresponding part being called a tailstock..

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..

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

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..

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