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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An apparatus, invented for use in mints, in which strips of metal are brought to an exact thickness and width by being drawn through a gaged opening made by two cylinders at the required distance apart and prevented from rotating.
  • noun A bench or horse used in working with the coopers'; drawing-knife.

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