Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A heavy standard which rests on the floor and supports the tool-rest for a hand-lathe.
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Who fain was and fey bow'd adown to his floor-rest.
The Tale of Beowulf Sometime King of the Folk of the Weder Geats Anonymous
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