Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A machine for shaping or sharpening tools for the machine-or other work-shop, by exposing the surface to be treated to an abrading wheel driven at high speed.
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Examples
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Steve left his job as a tool-grinder at Severance in Saginaw, Michigan, where he had toiled away, largely unappreciated, for 18 grueling years.
2008 In Review mossum 2009
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Steve left his job as a tool-grinder at Severance in Saginaw, Michigan, where he had toiled away, largely unappreciated, for 18 grueling years.
Archive 2009-01-01 mossum 2009
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The machine adapted as a tool-grinder has six emery-wheels for varying characters of work.
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I wondered what kind of tool-grinder they used for a manicure.
Highways in Hiding George Oliver Smith 1946
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