What is a contrivance for affording a copious stream of water to the heated surface of an object of large bulk, as an anvil or die. Knight called?
float — (Tempering) A contrivance for affording a copious stream of water to the heated surface of an object of large bulk, as an anvil or die. Knight. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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