Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The apparatus or device in an automatic or semi-automatic machine by which the material to be operated on is supplied to the tools or processes for fabrication.
- noun The carriage which feeds logs or wood bolts to the sawing- or cutting-tools.
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Mr de Wet said cattle could be a good cash source this year if they received the best treatment through stock-feed planning.
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It has been sold chiefly for stock-feed, but it has possibilities as a flour substitute.
Food Guide for War Service at Home Prepared under the direction of the United States Food Administration in co-operation with the United States Department of Agriculture and the Bureau of Education, with a preface by Herbert Hoover Florence Powdermaker 1930
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