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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In paper manufacturing, a large horizontal frame in the loft or drying-room, with hairs or wires stretched across it, on which sheets of paper are hung to dry.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Paper Manuf.) A frame on which paper is dried.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A horizontal frame with wires stretched across it for drying paper.
  • noun A fictional alien creature in Star Trek, a cooing ball of fur.

Etymologies

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Probably invented for alliteration with trouble; the creatures first appeared in an episode called The Trouble with Tribbles.

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