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stadda|ˈstædə| Also 7 staddow. [Of obscure origin.] (See quot. 1846.)
1688Holme Armoury iii. 383/2 Two Tools belonging to a Comb-maker, viz., the Turn-File, and the Staddow. 1846Holtzapffel Turning II. 723 The comb-cutter's double saw..is called a ‘stadda’, and has two blades so contrived as to give, with great facility and exactness, the intervals between the teeth of combs. 1875Knight Dict. Mech. |