slotter

[ slot-er ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a person or thing that slots. slot.
a machine tool for shaping vertical surfaces with a cutting tool held in a vertically reciprocating ram.

Origin of slotter¹

First recorded in 1880–85; slot ¹ + -er ¹

In the night time he slept like a wild animal, as he had slept the night Dave Slotter stepped on him in the woods.

In the night time he slept like a wild animal, as he had slept Dave Slotter stepped on him in the woods.

For lathe, planer, shaper and slotter tools, this color should be a light straw.

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[gal-uh-maw-free ]

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