headstock
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noun
the part of a machine containing or directly supporting the moving or working parts, as the assembly supporting and driving the live spindle in a lathe.
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| —n | |
| 1. | Compare tailstock the part of a machine that supports and transmits the drive to the chuck |
| 2. | the wooden or metal block on which a church bell is hung |
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Headstock
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
Example sentences
They were teardrop- shaped, with fifteen strings or more and a headstock bent perpendicular to the neck.
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