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Extractor   Listen
noun
Extractor  n.  
1.
One who, or that which, extracts; as:
(a)
(Surg.) A forceps or instrument for extracting substances.
(b)
(Breech-loading Firearms) A device for withdrawing a cartridge or spent cartridge shell from the chamber of the barrel.
2.
A centrifugal drying machine.
3.
(Apiculture) A machine for clearing combs of honey; also, a device for rendering wax.





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"Extractor" Quotes from Famous Books



... fountain, the water coming through the beak of the goose. There are several works of ancient sculpture which are of the same spirit, and for this reason are attributed to Boethus. The Spinario, or Thorn-extractor, in the museum of the Capitol, at Rome, is one of the most charming pieces of genre statuary in existence ...
— A History of Art for Beginners and Students - Painting, Sculpture, Architecture • Clara Erskine Clement


Words linked to "Extractor" :   separator, apparatus, mechanism, haematocrit, ultracentrifuge, gun, hematocrit, cartridge extractor, cartridge remover, instrument, setup, forceps


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