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Teeth vs Doffer - What's the difference?

teeth | doffer |

As nouns the difference between teeth and doffer

is that teeth is while doffer is (textile manufacturing) a revolving cylinder, or a vibrating bar with teeth, in a carding machine, which doffs, or strips off, the cotton or fiber from the cards.

teeth

English

Noun

(head)
  • (plural only) The ability to be enforced, or to be enforced to any useful effect.

    • Synonyms

    * (plural of "tooth") chompers, pearly whites * (ability to be enforced) enforceability

    Derived terms

    * arm to the teeth * by the skin of one's teeth * cut one's teeth * get one's teeth into / sink one's teeth into * give one's eye-teeth * gnash one's teeth * grit one's teeth * in the teeth of * lie through one's teeth * set one's teeth on edge

    See also

    * toothless English irregular plurals

    doffer

    English

    (bobbin doffer)(carding doffer)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (textile manufacturing) A revolving cylinder, or a vibrating bar with teeth, in a carding machine, which doffs, or strips off, the cotton or fiber from the cards.
  • A worker who replaces full bobbins by empty ones on the throstle or ring frames.

    • Derived terms

    * doffer shaft * ring doffer

    Related terms

    * doffing comb

    References

    (Webster 1913)

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