Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A long screw used in large lathes to impart a regular feed-motion or advance to the tool-rest or to the work itself.
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a feed-screw, _p_ is a bevil pinion, and _q_ a bevil wheel; _i_, _m_,
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