- Formerly, a part or division of a county among the
Anglo-Saxons. At present it consists of four or five hundreds, and is
confined to the county of Kent. - A granary; a barn. - A machine for turning, that is, for shaping articles of
wood, metal, or other material, by causing them to revolve while acted
upon by a cutting tool. - The movable swing frame of a loom, carrying the reed for
separating the warp threads and beating up the weft; -- called also lay
and batten.
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