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DOFFER
Etymology
Noun
doffer (plural doffers)
(textile manufacturing) A revolving cylinder, or a vibrating bar with teeth, in a carding machine, which doffs, or strips off, the cotton or fiber from the cards.
A worker who replaces full bobbins by empty ones on the throstle or ring frames.
Anagrams
• fforde, offer'd, offred
Source: Wiktionary
Doff"er, n. (Mach.)
Definition: A revolving cylinder, or a vibrating bar with teeth, in a carding machine, which doffs, or strips off, the cotton from the cards. Ure.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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