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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun On a cotton-combing machine, a steel roller with au intermittent motion, for detaching a tuft of cotton after it is combed.
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Another important feature of the new arrangement is that it allows the motion of the detaching-roller to be varied.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 481, March 21, 1885 Various
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