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

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

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

Lay :: Lay (v. t.) The lathe of a loom. See Lathe, 3..

Hob :: Hob (n.) A threaded and fluted hardened steel cutter, resembling a tap, used in a lathe for forming the teeth of screw chasers, worm wheels, etc..

Heddle :: Heddle (n.) One of the sets of parallel doubled threads which, with mounting, compose the harness employed to guide the warp threads to the lathe or batten in a loom..

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

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..

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

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

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..

Turnery :: Turnery (n.) The art of fashioning solid bodies into cylindrical or other forms by means of 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..

Tailpin :: Tailpin (n.) The center in the spindle of a turning 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..

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

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

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..

Soap :: Soap (n.) A substance which dissolves in water, thus forming a lather, and is used as a cleansing agent. Soap is produced by combining fats or oils with alkalies or alkaline earths, usually by boiling, and consists of salts of sodium, potassium, etc., with the fatty acids (oleic, stearic, palmitic, etc.). See the Note below, and cf. Saponification. By extension, any compound of similar composition or properties, whether used as a cleaning agent or not..

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