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Sinker :: Sinker (n.) In knitting machines, one of the thin plates, blades, or other devices, that depress the loops upon or between the needles..

Fourdrinier :: Fourdrinier (n.) A machine used in making paper; -- so named from an early inventor of improvements in this class of machinery.

Water Power :: Water power () A fall of water which may be used to drive machinery; a site for a water mill; a water privilege.

Clock :: Clock (n.) A machine for measuring time, indicating the hour and other divisions by means of hands moving on a dial plate. Its works are moved by a weight or a spring, and it is often so constructed as to tell the hour by the stroke of a hammer on a bell. It is not adapted, like the watch, to be carried on the person..

Stick :: Stick (n.) To run or plane (moldings) in a machine, in contradistinction to working them by hand. Such moldings are said to be stuck..

Millwork :: Millwork (n.) The shafting, gearing, and other driving machinery of mills..

Refrigeratory :: Refrigeratory (n.) The chamber, or tank, in which ice is formed, in an ice machine..

Self-adjusting :: Self-adjusting (a.) Capable of assuming a desired position or condition with relation to other parts, under varying circumstances, without requiring to be adjusted by hand; -- said of a piece in machinery..

Cumbersome :: Cumbersome (a.) Not easily managed; as, a cumbersome contrivance or machine..

Polygraph :: Polygraph (n.) An instrument for multiplying copies of a writing; a manifold writer; a copying machine.

Malaxator :: Malaxator (n.) One who, or that which, malaxates; esp., a machine for grinding, kneading, or stirring into a pasty or doughy mass..

Drum :: Drum (n.) A cylinder on a revolving shaft, generally for the purpose of driving several pulleys, by means of belts or straps passing around its periphery; also, the barrel of a hoisting machine, on which the rope or chain is wound..

Typesetter :: Typesetter (n.) One who, or that which, sets type; a compositor; a machine for setting type..

Movement :: Movement (n.) The act of moving; change of place or posture; transference, by any means, from one situation to another; natural or appropriate motion; progress; advancement; as, the movement of an army in marching or maneuvering; the movement of a wheel or a machine; the party of movement..

Mow :: Mow (v. t.) To cut down, as grass, with a scythe or machine..

Mechanical :: Mechanical (a.) Done as if by a machine; uninfluenced by will or emotion; proceeding automatically, or by habit, without special intention or reflection; as, mechanical singing; mechanical verses; mechanical service..

Fly :: Fly (v. i.) A heavy wheel, or cross arms with weights at the ends on a revolving axis, to regulate or equalize the motion of machinery by means of its inertia, where the power communicated, or the resistance to be overcome, is variable, as in the steam engine or the coining press. See Fly wheel (below)..

Bailer :: Bailer (n.) A utensil, as a bucket or cup, used in bailing; a machine for bailing water out of a pit..

Matcher :: Matcher (n.) One who, or that which, matches; a matching machine. See under 3d Match..

Moulinet :: Moulinet (n.) A machine formerly used for bending a crossbow by winding it up.

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