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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In boot-making, a machine for turning boot-legs after the seams have been sewed and rolled flat.
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“One man started with a turning-machine, which was attached to the mill.”
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 2, August, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy
“Moulds are used to fashion the bases of the larger vessels and the inner part is shaped by the hand; a rough turning-machine simplifies the finishing of the upper part of the vase, leaving it comparatively smooth.”
“In a handsomely-furnished drawing-room might be seen a cabinetmaker constructing a tube and stands of all descriptions; while Herschel's brother Alex was engaged in a bedroom in putting up a gigantic turning-machine.”
“The big gun is still on the axle, or turning-machine, by means of which it has been bored.”
“A cabinet-maker making a tube and stands of all descriptions in a handsomely furnished drawing-room; Alex. putting up a huge turning-machine (which he had brought in the autumn from”
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