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  • noun Plural form of lubricator.

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Examples

  • Unlike hand washers, or skin lubricators, or ablution executors, shampooers have been known to break into song upon settling into their activity, especially if action unfolds in a shower.

    The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010

  • Unlike hand washers, or skin lubricators, or ablution executors, shampooers have been known to break into song upon settling into their activity, especially if action unfolds in a shower.

    The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010

  • Think of the nonessential fats as fuel and the essential fats as metabolic lubricators.

    THE NEW ATKINS FOR A NEW YOU Dr. Eric C. Westman 2010

  • Think of the nonessential fats as fuel and the essential fats as metabolic lubricators.

    THE NEW ATKINS FOR A NEW YOU Dr. Eric C. Westman 2010

  • This is achieved through the use of compressed-air lubricators (oilers) which add oil in measured dosages.

    19.1 Bicycle drive pedal drive 1993

  • The joints between pipeline sections, hoses, to lubricators and to pneumatic equipment are connected with clutch (claw) couplings.

    19.1 Bicycle drive pedal drive 1993

  • Another business, the development of which is due in large measure to the inventions of a colored man, Elijah McCoy, is that of making automatic lubricators for machinery.

    The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917 Various

  • To prevent the oil flowing too freely, the lubricators should be provided with airtight wooden plugs.

    Things To Make Archibald Williams

  • A little "Tinol" is smeared over the surfaces to be joined, and the lubricators are placed in position and heated with the blow-lamp until the solder runs.

    Things To Make Archibald Williams

  • The engine is fenced off by neat railing, and a platform with access from one side is fitted round the top of the cylinder for getting conveniently to the valve spindles and lubricators.

    Scientific American Supplement, No. 286, June 25, 1881 Various

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