1. Noun
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.
2. Noun
A granary; a barn.
3. Noun
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.
4. Noun
The movable swing frame of a loom, carrying the reed for separating the warp threads and beating up the weft; -- called also lay and batten.
5. Noun
machine tool for shaping metal or wood; the workpiece turns about a horizontal axis against a fixed tool
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