Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A machine for softening dried hides, as a preliminary process in tanning.
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Examples
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Our friend, Prof. Rutherford, has constructed a horse-power for fifty dollars on his farm (which joins that of the writer), that would drive a hide-mill as easily as it now thrashes wheat, and cuts hay and straw for horses.
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Any horizontal staff will work a hide-mill, and a horse-power will drive the shaft.
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"Any mechanic, by seeing the model of a hide-mill, could easily make one.
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