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A machine for cutting up stalks of corn for food of cattle.

A machine that separates the kernels of corn from the cob.

A piece of wood or metal, commonly wedge-shaped, used for fastening together parts of a machine or structure. It is driven into an opening through one or all of the parts.

A dredging machine for excavating canals, etc.

A telltale; a contrivance attached to an engine, printing press, or other machine, for the purpose of counting the revolutions or the pulsations. Knight.

t; esp., one which receives motion from a line shaft in a factory and transmits it to a machine.

A wedge, or brake, to check the motion of a machine or car; a chock. Knight.

A machine used in ropewalks to stretch the yarn.

enamel appears to be cracked in all directions, making a sort of reticulated surface; as, Chinese crackle; Bohemian crackle.

A machine on rockers, used in washing out auriferous earth; -- also called a rocker. [U.S.]

A machine for raising and lowering heavy weights, and, while holding them suspended, transporting them through a limited lateral distance. In one form it consists of a projecting arm or jib of timber or iron, a rotating post or base, and the necessary tackle, windlass, etc.; -- so called from a fancied similarity betwe…

To pack in a crate or case for transportation; as, to crate a sewing machine; to crate peaches.

A bar or set of bars with skewers for holding paying-off bobbins, as in the roving machine, throstle, and mule.

Any device for causing material to move steadily from one part of a machine to another, as an apron in a carding machine, or an inner spiral in a grain screen.

Crimping iron. (a) An iron instrument for crimping and curling the hair. (b) A crimping machine. -- Crimping machine, a machine with fluted rollers or with dies, for crimping ruffles leather, iron, etc. -- Crimping pin, an instrument for crimping or puckering the border of a lady's cap.

s stretched to the required shape. (b) A device for giving hair a wavy apperance. (c) A machine for crimping or ruffling textile fabrics.

A dyestuff, obtained from the Chinese croicin, which produces a brilliant yellow.

The coloring matter of Chinese yellow pods, the fruit of Gardenia grandiflora. Watts.

A machine for cropping, as for shearing off bolts or rod iron, or for facing cloth.

round upward; to make anything higher at the middle than at the edges, as the face of a machine pulley.