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Rensselaerite :: Rensselaerite (n.) A soft, compact variety of talc,, being an altered pyroxene. It is often worked in a lathe into inkstands and other articles..

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..

Plathelminthes :: Plathelminthes (n. pl.) Same as Platyelminthes.

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

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

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

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

Whisket :: Whisket (n.) A small lathe for turning wooden pins.

Mandrel :: Mandrel (n.) A bar of metal inserted in the work to shape it, or to hold it, as in a lathe, during the process of manufacture; an arbor..

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..

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

Lather :: Lather (v. i.) To form lather, or a froth like lather; to accumulate foam from profuse sweating, as a horse..

Mandrel :: Mandrel (n.) The live spindle of a turning lathe; the revolving arbor of a circular saw. It is usually driven by a pulley.

Lathering :: Lathering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lathe.

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

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..

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..

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..

Soapwort :: Soapwort (n.) A common plant (Saponaria officinalis) of the Pink family; -- so called because its bruised leaves, when agitated in water, produce a lather like that from soap. Called also Bouncing Bet..

Lathe :: Lathe (n.) A machine for turning, that is, for shaping articles of wood, metal, or other material, by causing them to revolve while acted upon by a cutting tool..

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