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Attachment
noun · 78% connection
Something attached; some adjunct attached to an instrument, machine, or other object; as, a sewing machine attachment (i. e., a device…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: occupation, stone, machine, dressing.
Barker's mill
unknown · 78% connection
A machine, invented in the 17th century, worked by a form of reaction wheel. The water flows into a vertical tube and gushes from aper…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: occupation, stone, machine, dressing.
Beetle
verb · 78% connection
A machine in which fabrics are subjected to a hammering process while passing over rollers, as in cotton mills; -- called also beetlin…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: occupation, stone, machine, dressing.
Breaker
noun · 78% connection
Specifically: A machine for breaking rocks, or for breaking coal at the mines; also, the building in which such a machine is placed.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: occupation, stone, machine, dressing.
Bushhammer
noun · 78% connection
A hammer with a head formed of a bundle of square bars, with pyramidal points, arranged in rows, or a solid head with a face cut into…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: occupation, stone, machine, dressing.
Chipping
noun · 78% connection
The act or process of cutting or breaking off small pieces, as in dressing iron with a chisel, or reducing a timber or block of stone…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: occupation, stone, machine, dressing.
Chisel
noun · 78% connection
A tool with a cutting edge on one end of a metal blade, used in dressing, shaping, or working in timber, stone, metal, etc.; -- usuall…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: occupation, stone, machine, dressing.
Comber
noun · 78% connection
One who combs; one whose occupation it is to comb wool, flax, etc. Also, a machine for combing wool, flax, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: occupation, stone, machine, dressing.
Comparator
noun · 78% connection
An instrument or machine for comparing anything to be measured with a standard measure; -- applied especially to a machine for compari…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: occupation, stone, machine, dressing.
Creeper
noun · 78% connection
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…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: occupation, stone, machine, dressing.
Drag
verb · 78% connection
A steel instrument for completing the dressing of soft stone.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: occupation, stone, machine, dressing.
Dubbing
noun · 78% connection
The act of rubbing, smoothing, or dressing; a dressing off smooth with an adz.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: occupation, stone, machine, dressing.
Envelop
noun · 78% connection
A set of limits for the performance capabilities of some type of machine, originally used to refer to aircraft. Now also used metaphor…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: occupation, stone, machine, dressing.
Excavator
noun · 78% connection
One who, or that which, excavates or hollows out; a machine, as a dredging machine, or a tool, for excavating.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: occupation, stone, machine, dressing.
Feed
noun · 78% connection
The motion, or act, of carrying forward the stuff to be operated upon, as cloth to the needle in a sewing machine; or of producing pro…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: occupation, stone, machine, dressing.
Graver
noun · 78% connection
One who graves; an engraver or a sculptor; one whose occupation is te cut letters or figures in stone or other hard material.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: occupation, stone, machine, dressing.
Huller
noun · 78% connection
One who, or that which, hulls; especially, an agricultural machine for removing the hulls from grain; a hulling machine.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: occupation, stone, machine, dressing.
Jack
noun · 78% connection
A mechanical contrivance, an auxiliary machine, or a subordinate part of a machine, rendering convenient service, and often supplying…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: occupation, stone, machine, dressing.
