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

Lathe :: Lathe (n.) A granary; a barn.

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

Carrier :: Carrier (n.) That which drives or carries; as: (a) A piece which communicates to an object in a lathe the motion of the face plate; a lathe dog. (b) A spool holder or bobbin holder in a braiding machine. (c) A movable piece in magazine guns which transfers the cartridge to a position from which it can be thrust into the barrel.

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..

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

Turn :: Turn (v. t.) To form in a lathe; to shape or fashion (anything) by applying a cutting tool to it while revolving; as, to turn the legs of stools or tables; to turn ivory or metal..

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

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

Chuck :: Chuck (n.) A contrivance or machine fixed to the mandrel of a lathe, for holding a tool or the material to be operated upon..

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

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..

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

Flathead :: Flathead (n.) A Chinook Indian. See Chinook, n., 1..

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..

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..

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

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

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..

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