spreader

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This amount can be applied quite successfully with a manure-spreader, and meets the convenience of the man who burns his own lime and does not want to screen it for use in a lime-spreader.

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  1. noun One that spreads, as:
  2. noun A butter knife.
  3. noun A farm or garden implement for scattering fertilizer or seed.

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  • The doctor then took his spreader, and cut the roll into five pieces, each of which he intended to divide into a dozen pills. —  The Lieutenant and Commander
  • She had already decided she didn't like him because he was a rumor spreader, and his manners only confirmed her opinion. —  Garwood, Julie - Rose 1 - For the Roses
  • You can convert your quick-clamp-type bar clamp to act as a spreader, but that function seems like little more than an afterthought - on most dual-purpose bar clamps you have to take the clamp apart and put it together backwards. —  Toolmonger: The Week In Tools
  • Multiple the coal delivery system-overfeed spreader, air zones under the grate control the rate of com­ overfeed mass burn, or underfeed. —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
  • With a solidly engineered single-stage Poziloc Aluminium tripod and lightweight floor spreader, the Pro-5Plus offers class-leading rigidity with maximum control - as any user of Vinten equipment would expect. —  The Broadcast Industry News Service - broadcastbuyer.tv News RSS Feed
 

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/ˈsprɛdər/
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