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A part (usually separate from the bed or frame) for supporting some of the principal working parts of a machine; as:

An upright support or guide fastened at the bottom only. Poppet head, Puppet head. See Headstock (a).

he. -- Live spindle (Mach.), the revolving spindle of a machine tool; the spindle of the headstock of a turning lathe. -- Spindle shell. (Zoöl.) See Spindle, 7. above. -- Spindle side, the female side in descent; in the female line; opposed to spear side. Ld. Lytton. [R.] "King Lycaon, grandson, by the spindle side,…

live stock, or the domestic animals on the farm. See def. 10, above. -- Head stock. See Headstock. -- Paper stock, rags and other material of which paper is made. -- Stock account (Bookkeeping), an account on a merchant's ledger, one side of which shows the original capital, or stock, and the additions thereto by a…

g block or support, in a lathe, which carries the dead spindle, or adjustable center. The headstock supports the live spindle.