What is a part which acts by falling, as a stamp in a fulling mill, or the device in a spinning machine to arrest motion when a thread breaks called?
faller — (Mach.) A part which acts by falling, as a stamp in a fulling mill, or the device in a spinning machine to arrest motion when a thread breaks. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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