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underfeeder

noun

underfeeder

noun

Etymology From under- + feeder or underfeed + -er.

1

Engineering, Natural sciences, Physical sciences A device that feeds in material from below.

  • He speaks well of Andrews' Helix Underfeeder, by which the fire is always fed from below.1890, The Review of Reviews, volume 2, page 29:

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