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screws for the attachment of wires by which a current may be conveyed into or from the machine; a pole.

The operation of refining gold or silver in a test, or cupel; cupellation. Testing machine (Engin.), a machine used in the determination of the strength of materials, as iron, stone, etc., and their behavior under strains of various kinds, as elongation, bending, crushing, etc.

A machine in which four pulleys act together. Brande & C.

or oats; to thrash over the old straw. The wheat was reaped, thrashed, and winnowed by machines. H. Spencer.

One who, or that which, thrashes grain; a thrashing machine.

-floor, or Threshing floor, a floor or area on which grain is beaten out. -- Thrashing machine, a machine for separating grain from the straw.

A tool or machine for forming a thread on a screw or in a nut.

A machine for spinning wool, cotton, etc., from the rove, consisting of a set of drawing rollers with bobbins and flyers, and differing from the mule in having the twisting apparatus stationary and the processes continuous; -- so called because it makes a singing noise. Throstle cock, the missel thrush. [Prov. Eng.]…

hrow, v. Throwing engine, Throwing mill, Throwing table, or Throwing wheel (Pottery), a machine on which earthenware is first rudely shaped by the hand of the potter from a mass of clay revolving rapidly on a disk or table carried by a vertical spindle; a potter's wheel.

time can be measured; a kind of stop watch. It is used for timing the speed of horses, machinery, etc.

The apartment in a Chinese temple where the idol is kept.

ner, smith, shoe-maker, etc.; also, a cutter, chisel, or other part of an instrument or machine that dresses work.

imple thread lace worked upon a pillow with coarse thread; also, a similar lace made by machinery.

An engine or machine for destroying ships by blowing them up. Specifically: --

A machine for registering and indicating the number and nature of bets made on horse races, as in Australia and South Africa. Called also totalizer.

One who transplants; also, a machine for transplanting trees.

A machine or contrivance that shuts suddenly, as with a spring, used for taking game or other animals; as, a trap for foxes. She would weep if that she saw a mouse Caught in a trap. Chaucer.

H. Wotton. The ridges of the fallow field traverse. Hayward. Traverse drill (Mach.), a machine tool for drilling slots, in which the work or tool has a lateral motion back and forth; also, a drilling machine in which the spindle holder can be adjusted laterally.

A machine tool for drilling slots, in which the work or tool has a lateral motion back and forth; also, a drilling machine in which the spindle holder can be adjusted laterally.

The part of a foot lathe, or other machine, which is pressed or moved by the foot.