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arborGarden shelter providing privacy and partial protection from the weather, most commonly a lightweight, latticed framework (trellis) of wood or metal with interlaced branches of vines or climbing shrubs trained over it. If there is a distinction between an arbor and a bower, it is that the bower is an entirely natural recess whereas an arbor is only partially natural. arbor 1. a rotating shaft in a machine or power tool on which a milling cutter or grinding wheel is fitted 2. a rotating shaft or mandrel on which a workpiece is fitted for machining 3. Metallurgy a part, piece, or structure used to reinforce the core of a mould arbor [′ar·bər] (horology) The axle of a wheel in a watch or clock. (mechanical engineering) A cylindrical device positioned between the spindle and outer bearing of a milling machine and designed to hold a milling cutter. A shaft or spindle used to hold a revolving cutting tool or the work to be cut. (metallurgy) A device which supports sand cores in molds. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| He used to thrust his head softly out of the arbor to see them the better; all the while, too, motioning Phoebe to be quiet, and snatching glimpses of the smile upon her face, so as to heap his enjoyment up the higher with her sympathy. Their entrance into the yew-tree arbor surprised several fowls that were recreating themselves by scratching deep holes in the dusty ground, and at once took flight with much pother and cackling. But outsiders, you know, often see most of the game; and sitting in my arbor by the wayside, smoking my hookah of contentment and eating the sweet lotus-leaves of indolence, I can look out musingly upon the whirling throng that rolls and tumbles past me on the great high-road of life. |
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