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Examples
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The head-stock and pit-bank of the mine itself were insignificant among the huge new installations.
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The boy makes his drawings, writes his specifications, orders his material and tools, estimates the cost of the job, makes the head-stock and then figures up his actual costs and compares them with the estimated cost.
The New Education A Review of Progressive Educational Movements of the Day (1915) Scott Nearing 1933
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That is, a boy is assigned to a job such as making a head-stock for a lathe.
The New Education A Review of Progressive Educational Movements of the Day (1915) Scott Nearing 1933
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And at the same time, a kind and mysterious force sways my head-stock, sways most incalculably, and governs my whole motion.
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