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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In machinery, a loose ring which surrounds a horizontal journal and the lower part of the bearing, and dips into an oil-cellar from which, by its rotation, it brings oil to the top of the journal.
- noun In seal-engraving, a ring with a small dish on top to hold oil and diamond-dust.
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