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shoemaker


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
 
 
  9.  One  of  the  pieces  on  which  a  sled  or  sleigh  slides;  also 
  the  part  or  blade  of  a  skate  which  slides  on  the  ice. 
 
  10.  (Founding) 
  a  A  horizontal  channel  in  a  mold,  through  which  the 
  metal  flows  to  the  cavity  formed  by  the  pattern; 
  also  the  waste  metal  left  in  such  a  channel. 
  b  A  trough  or  channel  for  leading  molten  metal  from  a 
  furnace  to  a  ladle,  mold,  or  pig  bed. 
 
  11.  The  movable  piece  to  which  the  ribs  of  an  umbrella  are 
  attached. 
 
  12.  (Zo["o]l.)  A  food  fish  ({Elagatis  pinnulatus})  of  Florida 
  and  the  West  Indies;  --  called  also  {skipjack}, 
  {shoemaker},  and  {yellowtail}.  The  name  alludes  to  its 
  rapid  successive  leaps  from  the  water. 
 
  13.  (Zo["o]l.)  Any  cursorial  bird. 
 
  14.  (Mech.) 
  a  A  movable  slab  or  rubber  used  in  grinding  or 
  polishing  a  surface  of  stone. 
  b  A  tool  on  which  lenses  are  fastened  in  a  group  for 
  polishing  or  grinding. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Shoemaker  \Shoe"mak`er\,  n. 
  1.  One  whose  occupation  it  is  to  make  shoes  and  boots. 
 
  2.  (Zo["o]l.) 
  a  The  threadfish. 
  b  The  runner,  12. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  shoemaker 
  n  :  a  person  who  makes  or  repairs  shoes  [syn:  {cobbler}] 




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