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noun Machinery.
1.
a shaft or bar the end of which is inserted into a workpiece to hold it during machining.
2.
a spindle on which a circular saw or grinding wheel rotates.
3.
the driving spindle in the headstock of a lathe.
Also, man·dril.
Origin:
1510–20; perhaps akin to French mandrin
1510–20; perhaps akin to French mandrin
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Mandril
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