单词 | quartering machine |
释义 | > as lemmasquartering machine quartering machine n. a machine for boring four equally spaced holes around the circumference of a wheel, or cutting something into four equal parts. ΚΠ 1860 T. Claeys Brit. Patent 1033 1 This invention is designed for manufacturing corks, bungs, and shives.., and comprises..a quartering machine for subdividing the..lengths [of cork] into parallelopipeds and squares, both termed quarters. 1880 Manufacturer & Builder Dec. (2nd advt. section) 2/2 Quartering machine for locomotive wheels. 1935 A. M. Bell Locomotives II. xiv. 328/2 (caption) Pin turning and quartering machine. 1998 M. Greensmith Pract. Dehydration (ed. 2) iii. 58 A quartering machine is located alongside the corer, and this will cut any cabbage into quarters when it is too large to feed into the impeller. < as lemmas |
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