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Spreader   Listen
noun
Spreader  n.  
1.
One who, or that which, spreads, expands, or propagates.
2.
A machine for combining and drawing fibers of flax to form a sliver preparatory to spinning.





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"Spreader" Quotes from Famous Books



... time for all. Under the direction of the young inventor, they began to string the wires from the top of the dead tree, to a smaller one, some distance away, using five wires, set parallel, and attached to a wooden spreader, or stay. The wires were then run to the dynamo, and the receiving coil, and the necessary ground ...
— Tom Swift and his Wireless Message • Victor Appleton


Words linked to "Spreader" :   mechanical device, hand tool


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