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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A perforated steel plate through which pipe or wire is drawn to reduce its diameter.

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

  • noun (Mech.) A perforated steel die through which wires or tubes are drawn to form them.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun engineering A perforated steel die through which wires or tubes are drawn to form them.

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