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Twilly :: Twilly (n.) A machine for cleansing or loosening wool by the action of a revolving cylinder covered with long iron spikes or teeth; a willy or willying machine; -- called also twilly devil, and devil. See Devil, n., 6, and Willy..

Velocimeter :: Velocimeter (n.) An apparatus for measuring speed, as of machinery or vessels, but especially of projectiles..

Lag :: Lag (n.) A stave of a cask, drum, etc.; especially (Mach.), one of the narrow boards or staves forming the covering of a cylindrical object, as a boiler, or the cylinder of a carding machine or a steam engine..

Physeter :: Physeter (n.) A filtering machine operated by air pressure.

Loom :: Loom (n.) A frame or machine of wood or other material, in which a weaver forms cloth out of thread; a machine for interweaving yarn or threads into a fabric, as in knitting or lace making..

Mechanic :: Mechanic (a.) A mechanician; an artisan; an artificer; one who practices any mechanic art; one skilled or employed in shaping and uniting materials, as wood, metal, etc., into any kind of structure, machine, or other object, requiring the use of tools, or instruments..

Kingston Metal :: Kingston metal () An alloy of tin, copper, and mercury, sometimes used for the bearings and packings of machinery..

Centrosome :: Centrosome (n.) A peculiar rounded body lying near the nucleus of a cell. It is regarded as the dynamic element by means of which the machinery of cell division is organized.

Stonebuck :: Stonebrearer (n.) A machine for crushing or hammering stone.

Duster :: Duster (n.) A blowing machine for separating the flour from the bran.

Dynamo :: Dynamo (n.) A dynamo-electric machine.

Mill :: Mill (n.) To shape, finish, or transform by passing through a machine; specifically, to shape or dress, as metal, by means of a rotary cutter..

Comb :: Comb (n.) The collector of an electrical machine, usually resembling a comb..

Phonorganon :: Phonorganon (n.) A speaking machine.

Machinist :: Machinist (n.) A constrictor of machines and engines; one versed in the principles of machines.

Rigger :: Rigger (n.) A cylindrical pulley or drum in machinery.

Water Wheel :: Water wheel () Any wheel for propelling machinery or for other purposes, that is made to rotate by the direct action of water; -- called an overshot wheel when the water is applied at the top, an undershot wheel when at the bottom, a breast wheel when at an intermediate point; other forms are called reaction wheel, vortex wheel, turbine wheel, etc..

Skiver :: Skiver (n.) The cutting tool or machine used in splitting leather or skins, as sheepskins..

Jim-crow :: "Jim-crow (n.) A planing machine with a reversing tool, to plane both ways..

Miller :: Miller (n.) A milling machine.

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