Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A machine or device for stripping the bark from willow-wands, as a crotch with sharp edges, through which the wand is drawn. Also called
willow-stripper .
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Examples
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The willow-peeler sits down before his instrument and merely thrusts the rod between the two pieces of iron and draws it out again.
Among the Trees at Elmridge Ella Rodman Church
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