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squaring-shears

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In sheet-metal work, a machine for cutting and tracing sheets of tin-plate. It has an adjustable table with a scale and gage.
  • In bookbinding, a pivoted knife for trimming the edges of piles of paper or book-sheets.

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