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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A basket; especially, a straw basket in which provender is given to cattle.
  • noun A small lathe for turning wooden pins. It has a hollow chuck to hold the pin while being turned.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Prov. Eng. A basket; esp., a straw provender basket.
  • noun (Mach.) A small lathe for turning wooden pins.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun UK, dialect A basket; especially, a straw provender basket.
  • noun engineering A small lathe for turning wooden pins.

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