mandril
- a variation of mandrel.
Example Sentences
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A rival attraction already occupies the field in the person of a Tabreez Turkish luti with a performing rib-nosed mandril and a drum.
From Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama by Stevens, Thomas
The terms pike, pick, mandril and slitter are applied to the collier’s pick in different districts, the men being known as pikemen or hewers.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" by Various
The word "Mormon" in zoology is the generic name of certain animals, including the mandril baboon.
From The Story of the Mormons, from the date of their origin to the year 1901 by Linn, William Alexander
There is another method of cutting screws in a lathe by means of one pattern screw, which, being connected by wheels with the mandril, guides the cutting point.
From On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures by Babbage, Charles
Before their eyes he made pipe—spirally wound around a mandril and line-welded to solidity.
From The Pirates of Ersatz by Freas, Kelly
