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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. In paper manufacturing, a large horizontal frame in the loft or drying-room, with hairs or wires stretched across it, on which sheets of paper are hung to dry.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A horizontal frame with wires stretched across it for drying paper.
  2. n. A fictional alien creature in Star Trek, a cooing ball of fur.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. (Paper Manuf.) A frame on which paper is dried.

Etymologies

  1. Probably invented for alliteration with trouble; the creatures first appeared in an episode called The Trouble with Tribbles. (Wiktionary)

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