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chuck1 a. a device that holds a workpiece in a lathe or tool in a drill, having a number of adjustable jaws geared to move in unison to centralize the workpiece or tool b. a similar device having independently adjustable jaws for holding an unsymmetrical workpiece chuck2 Canadian W coast 1. a large body of water 2. short for saltchuck (the sea) chuck [chək] (design engineering) A device for holding a component of an instrument rigid, usually by means of adjustable jaws or set screws, such as the workpiece in a metalworking or woodworking machine, or the stylus or needle of a phonograph pickup. (metallurgy) A small bar between flask bars to secure the sand in the upper box (cope) of a flask. 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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| But if he told her, wouldn't she chuck him on the spot? Coming to school the Henderson boys had come across the new deef and dummy and told the rest; so all the scholars was chuck full of him and couldn't talk about anything else, and was in a sweat to get a sight of him because they hadn't ever seen a deef and dummy in their lives, and it made a powerful excitement. How can you chuck it in like that or shove it under the cord where it'll get rubbed? |
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