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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The revolving head of a bolt-cutter.

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

  • an attachment fitted to a lathe or other machinery which holds a variety of tools which can act on the object being worked, and which are interchangeable by a pivoting motion, thus allowing efficient performance of multiple operations; -- also called a turret.

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