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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A lathe in which the work is supported on centers, one, called the front or live center, on the end of the mandrel in the head-stock, and the other, called the back or dead center, on the axis in the tail-stock, the latter being adjustable.
- noun A lathe having two posts from which centers project and hold the work.
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