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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A quick-return motion; specifically, a mechanism for returning a sawmill-carriage after the cut has been made, the return travel being at a higher speed than the cutting.
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The advantages we claim for this mill not especially belonging to our other variable feed mills, consists of greater durability, a wider range of feed than heretofore given, and of a variation by lever in the gig-back.
Liddell Company, Manufacturers of Engines, Boilers, Saw Mills, Cotton and Yarn Presses, Shafting, Pulleys, etc., Charlotte, N.C. N.C. Charlotte 1890
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