cross-slide

noun

the part of a lathe or planing machine on which the tool post is mounted and across which it slides at right angles to the bed of the lathe

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You may have read the word "simmer" in a recipe or two, but what does it really mean?

To cook in water that begins cold and then reaches a boil.

To stew in a sauce for a long time.

To cook in water, just below boiling temperature.

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Words nearby cross-slide

crossruff, cross sea, cross section, cross-sectional study, cross-sell, cross-slide, cross someone's palm with silver, cross someone's path, cross-staff, cross-sterile, cross-stitch

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Example sentences from the Web for cross-slide

The cross-slide has bolted to it a bar A carrying a roller which is pressed against a forming plate B by a heavy spring C.
Turning and Boring|Franklin D. Jones
The small handle at O is for moving the cross-slide along the bed when this is necessary in order to feed a tool sidewise.
Turning and Boring|Franklin D. Jones
The machine illustrated has a power feed for the cross-slide as well as for the turret.
Turning and Boring|Franklin D. Jones
It has been taken for granted that in setting the turret slide, room has been left between it and the chuck for the cross-slide.
Turning and Boring|Franklin D. Jones

The rear bevel is roughed and finished by tools and held on the cross-slide.
Turning and Boring|Franklin D. Jones

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