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One who, or that which, strips; specifically, a machine for stripping cards.

Any part of a machine or structure, of which the principal function is to hold things apart; a brace subjected to compressive stress; -- the opposite of stay, and tie.

To fill by being pressed or packed into. With inward arms the dire machine they load, And iron bowels stuff the dark abode. Dryden.

-- Sugar maple (Bot.), the rock maple (Acer saccharinum). See Maple. -- Sugar mill, a machine for pressing out the juice of the sugar cane, usually consisting of three or more rollers, between which the cane is passed. -- Sugar mite. (Zoöl.) (a) A small mite (Tyroglyphus sacchari), often found in great numbers in un…

the quotient obtained by dividing the gross weight, in pounds, of a fully loaded flying machine, by the total area, in square feet, of its supporting surface.

A form of machine for dressing the surface of wood, metal, stone, etc.

The Chinese abacus; a schwanpan. S. W. Williams.

eep of a scythe, or the whole breadth from which grass or grain is cut by a scythe or a machine, in mowing or cradling; as, to cut a wide swath.

A device attached to a mowing machine for raising the uncut fallen grain and marking the limit of the swath.

The main card cylinder of a flax-carding machine.

To cause to agree in time; as, to synchronize the movements of different machines; to synchronize clocks.

An early form of antimated-picture machine, devised in 1889 by Otto Anschütz of Berlin, in which the chronophotographs were mounted upon the periphery of a rotating wheel.

That which takes up or tightens; specifically, a device in a sewing machine for drawing up the slack thread as the needle rises, in completing a stitch.

A Chinese toy made by cutting a square of thin wood, or other suitable material, into seven pieces, as shown in the cut, these pieces being capable of combination in various ways, so as to form a great number of different figures. It is now often used in primary schools as a means of instruction.

The prepared leaves of a shrub, or small tree (Thea, or Camellia, Chinensis). The shrub is a native of China, but has been introduced to some extent into some other countries.

A machine for stirring and spreading hay, to expedite its drying.

A machine or contrivance for indicating or recording something, particularly for keeping a check upon employees, as factory hands, watchmen, drivers, check takers, and the like, by revealing to their employers what they have done or omitted.

One who, or that which, tempers; specifically, a machine in which lime, cement, stone, etc., are mixed with water.

A device for checking the delivery of the thread in a sewing machine, so as to give the stitch the required degree of tightness.

One who takes care of, or tends, machines in a factory; a kind of assistant foreman.