licker-in

[lik-er-in]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a roller on a carding machine, especially the roller that opens the stock as it is fed into the card and transfers the fibers to the main cylinder.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of licker-in¹

1840–50; lick in + -er ¹

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N1 Licker-in Driving Pulley, 19 in. dia., 2-1/4 in. face.

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O Licker-in Driven Pulley, 7 in. dia., 2-1/4 in. face.

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Licker-in, 9 in. dia., clothed with inserted metallic Saw Teeth.

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Licker-in Driven Pulley, 7 in. dia.

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The licker-in contains about twenty-eight teeth per square inch, but the "cylinder" is the first of the parts that the cotton arrives at, previously referred to as being covered with a vast number of closely set steel wire teeth.

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