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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In printing, the longer rods on three sides of the fly of a printing-press, which give the smaller rods proper strength and stiffness.
  • noun In plate glass manufacturing, a machine for grinding smooth any roughnesses upon the surface of the plates.

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