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COG |
Machine part |
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HEADSTOCK |
The part of a planing machine that supports the cutter,
etc. |
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DIRECTOR |
A part of a machine or instrument which directs its
motion or action. |
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FOLLOWER |
The part of a machine that receives motion from another
part. See Driver. |
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TABLE |
The part of a machine tool on which the work rests and is
fastened. |
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FEEDER |
An auxiliary part of a machine which supplies or leads
along the material operated upon. |
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SLIDER |
One who, or that which, slides; especially, a sliding part
of an instrument or machine. |
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TREADLE |
The part of a foot lathe, or other machine, which is
pressed or moved by the foot. |
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CARRIAGE |
A part of a machine which moves and carries of supports
some other moving object or part. |
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SHARE |
The part which opens the ground for the reception of the
seed, in a machine for sowing seed. |
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DERANGE |
To disturb in action or function, as a part or organ,
or the whole of a machine or organism. |
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BOLTER |
An instrument or machine for separating bran from flour, or
the coarser part of meal from the finer; a sieve. |
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ARM |
A slender part of an instrument or machine, projecting from a
trunk, axis, or fulcrum; as, the arm of a steelyard. |
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BRAKE |
An instrument or machine to break or bruise the woody
part of flax or hemp so that it may be separated from the fiber. |
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INDICATOR |
A pressure gauge; a water gauge, as for a steam boiler;
an apparatus or instrument for showing the working of a machine or
moving part |
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BITE |
The hold which the short end of a lever has upon the thing to
be lifted, or the hold which one part of a machine has upon another. |
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ORGAN |
A component part performing an essential office in the
working of any complex machine; as, the cylinder, valves, crank, etc.,
are organs of the steam engine. |
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FALLER |
A part which acts by falling, as a stamp in a fulling mill,
or the device in a spinning machine to arrest motion when a thread
breaks. |
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KEY |
That part of an instrument or machine which serves as the
means of operating it; as, a telegraph key; the keys of a pianoforte,
or of a typewriter. |
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BED |
The foundation or the more solid and fixed part or framing of
a machine; or a part on which something is laid or supported; as, the
bed of an engine. |
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STRUT |
Any part of a machine or structure, of which the principal
function is to hold things apart; a brace subjected to compressive
stress; -- the opposite of stay, and tie. |
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JACK |
A mechanical contrivance, an auxiliary machine, or a
subordinate part of a machine, rendering convenient service, and often
supplying the place... |
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CREEPER |
Any device for causing material to move steadily from one
part of a machine to another, as an apron in a carding machine, or an
inner spiral in a grain screen. |
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CUTTER |
That which cuts; a machine or part of a machine, or a tool
or instrument used for cutting, as that part of a mower which severs
the stalk, or as a paper cutter. |
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GUIDE |
...g edge,
surface, or channel, for giving direction to the motion of anything, as
water, an instrument, or part of a machine, or for directing the... |