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- noun A
machine used in makingpaper .
Etymologies
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The name of an early inventor of improvements in this class of machinery.
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Examples
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Linerboard (fourdrinier 42-lb, East-Midwest/West, $/short ton)
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Linerboard (fourdrinier 42-lb, East-Midwest/West, $/short ton)
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Linerboard (fourdrinier 42-lb, East-Midwest/West, $/ton) 320/340
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Linerboard (fourdrinier 42-lb, East-Midwest/West, $/short ton)
hernesheir commented on the word fourdrinier
(n.) A type of papermaking machine named for its inventor. The Fourdrinier papermaking machine is structured on a continuously moving wire belt on to which is spread a watery slurry of pulp. As the wire belt moves, water is expelled and drained off; the paper is then dried.
August 5, 2009