mandrel
noun
a shaft or bar the end of which is inserted into a workpiece to hold it during machining.
mandril
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a variation of
mandrel.
Example Sentences
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Jake disappeared, as if shot from a cannon, and his master placed the roughly-formed ring on a steel mandril.
From The Tale of Timber Town by Alfred A. (Alfred Augustus) Grace
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
Every movement of this mandril seemed to be closely watched by the monkeys that were in a position to see him, and instantly reported to the others in the adjoining compartment.
From The Speech of Monkeys by Richard Lynch Garner
What these characters indicate may be learned from the male mandril, whose face, particularly in the breeding season, shows colored fleshy prominences each side of the nose, with conspicuous furrows and ridges.
From Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 5 Erotic Symbolism; The Mechanism of Detumescence; The Psychic State in Pregnancy by Havelock Ellis
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 William Alexander Linn
