oval chuck

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oval chuck - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Oval \O"val\, a. [F. ovale, fr. L. ovum egg. Cf. Egg, Ovum.]
     1. Of or pertaining to eggs; done in the egg, or inception;
        as, oval conceptions. [Obs.]
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     2. Having the figure of an egg; oblong and curvilinear, with
        one end broader than the other, or with both ends of about
        the same breadth; in popular usage, elliptical.
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     3. (Bot.) Broadly elliptical.
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     Oval chuck (Mech.), a lathe chuck so constructed that work
        attached to it, and cut by the turning tool in the usual
        manner, becomes of an oval form.
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