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Wharfe|hwɔːf| Short for Wharfedale (machine): see quots.
1888Jacobi Printers' Vocab., Wharfedale machine, a cylindrical machine manufactured in Yorkshire and called after the place of that name. Wharfe, short term for the Wharfedale printing machine. 1890W. J. Gordon Foundry 210 The Wharfedales, Bremners, and other machines on which is printed most illustrated work. 1901Daily Chron. 3 Dec. 9/7 Printer's Minder, 31, seeks Situation; Wharfes., platens, gas engine. |