dividing engine

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dividing engine - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Dividing \Di*vid"ing\, a.
     That divides; separating; marking divisions; graduating.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Dividing engine, a machine for graduating circles (as for
        astronomical instruments) or bars (as for scales); also,
        for spacing off and cutting teeth in wheels.
  
     Dividing sinker. (Knitting Mach.). See under Sinker.
        [1913 Webster]