CLIPPER, AUTOMATIC

Domain	Definition
Occupations	Tends air-powered machine that clips continuous sheet of veneer to specified width and to clip out defects: Turns dial to set machine cutting mechanism and starts conveyor that carries veneer under knife. Observes veneer sheet being conveyed to clipper, noting defects, such as knots, cracks, pitch pockets, and rot, and presses button that causes knife to clip out defective portions of veneer to obtain maximum grade. Stacks clipped veneer sheets on skid and marks identification data on top sheet. May replace dull knives, using handtools. (references)
	Feeds machine that clips threads, turns, and strips hose automatically: Pulls hose over forms that carry hose through machine. May strip hose from forms of machine that is not equipped with turning and stripping device. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Anagrams: CLIPPER, AUTOMATIC

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters ",-a-a-c-c-e-i-i-l-m-o-p-p-r-t-t-u"
	-5 letters: timocratical, ultracompact.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.

Alternative Orthography: CLIPPER, AUTOMATIC

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Specialty Definition: CLIPPER, AUTOMATIC