pipe-threading love

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The act or process of cutting a screw-thread on a pipe.

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Examples

  • If a pipe-threading machine is used, the pipe is set squarely between the jaws of the vise that holds the pipe in place.

    Elements of Plumbing Samuel Edward Dibble

  • Line-shading, 77-90. and drawing for line-shaded engravings, 264-276. in perspective drawing of a pipe-threading stock and die, 85. mechanical drawing made to look better and show more distinctly by, 82. simplest form of, 82.

    Mechanical Drawing Self-Taught Joshua Rose

  • John Elbon, vice president of Pacific Electrical Contractors, said his company lost about $10,000 in equipment, including drill motors, saws, pipe-threading machines and a generator.

    MailTribune.com Latest Headlines 2009

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