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puller
(encz) | puller,stahovák n: Zdeněk Brož |
puller
(encz) | puller,tahač n: Zdeněk Brož |
puller
(encz) | puller,tahoun n: Zdeněk Brož |
Puller
(gcide) | Puller \Pull"er\, n.
One who, or that which, pulls.
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Proud setter up and puller down of kings. --Shak.
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puller
(wn) | puller
n 1: someone who applies force so as to cause motion toward
herself or himself
2: someone who pulls or tugs or drags in an effort to move
something [syn: puller, tugger, dragger] |
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wire-puller
(encz) | wire-puller, n: |
Flax puller
(gcide) | Flax \Flax\ (fl[a^]ks), n. [AS. fleax; akin to D. vlas, OHG.
flahs, G. flachs, and prob. to flechten to braid, plait,m
twist, L. plectere to weave, plicare to fold, Gr. ? to weave,
plait. See Ply.]
1. (Bot.) A plant of the genus Linum, esp. the {L.
usitatissimum}, which has a single, slender stalk, about a
foot and a half high, with blue flowers. The fiber of the
bark is used for making thread and cloth, called linen,
cambric, lawn, lace, etc. Linseed oil is expressed from
the seed.
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2. The skin or fibrous part of the flax plant, when broken
and cleaned by hatcheling or combing.
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Earth flax (Min.), amianthus.
Flax brake, a machine for removing the woody portion of
flax from the fibrous.
Flax comb, a hatchel, hackle, or heckle.
Flax cotton, the fiber of flax, reduced by steeping in
bicarbonate of soda and acidulated liquids, and prepared
for bleaching and spinning like cotton. --Knight.
Flax dresser, one who breaks and swingles flax, or prepares
it for the spinner.
Flax mill, a mill or factory where flax is spun or linen
manufactured.
Flax puller, a machine for pulling flax plants in the
field.
Flax wench.
(a) A woman who spins flax. [Obs.]
(b) A prostitute. [Obs.] --Shak.
Mountain flax (Min.), amianthus.
New Zealand flax (Bot.) See Flax-plant.
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Puller
(gcide) | Puller \Pull"er\, n.
One who, or that which, pulls.
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Proud setter up and puller down of kings. --Shak.
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Spuller
(gcide) | Spuller \Spul"ler\ (sp[u^]l"l[~e]r), n. [For spooler.] [See
Spool.]
One employed to inspect yarn, to see that it is well spun,
and fit for the loom. [Prov. Eng.]
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Underpuller
(gcide) | Underpuller \Un"der*pull`er\, n.
One who underpulls. [Obs.]
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Wire-puller
(gcide) | wirepuller \wirepuller\, Wire-puller \Wire"-pull`er\, n.
One who pulls the wires, as of a puppet; hence, one who uses
secret influence (i.e. pulls wires or strings) for his own
ends; an intriguer.
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Political wire-pullers and convention packers.
--Lowell.
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wirepuller
(gcide) | wirepuller \wirepuller\, Wire-puller \Wire"-pull`er\, n.
One who pulls the wires, as of a puppet; hence, one who uses
secret influence (i.e. pulls wires or strings) for his own
ends; an intriguer.
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Political wire-pullers and convention packers.
--Lowell.
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wire-puller
(wn) | wire-puller
n 1: one who uses secret influence (i.e. pulls wires or strings)
for his own ends |
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