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For such pleasure till that hour

At feed or fountain never had I found.

5. The water supplied to steam
boilers.

6. (Mach.) (a) The
motion, or act, of carrying forward the stuff to be operated upon, as
cloth to the needle in a sewing machine; or of producing progressive
operation upon any material or object in a machine, as, in a turning
lathe, by moving the cutting tool along or in the work.
(b) The supply of material to a machine, as
water to a steam boiler, coal to a furnace, or grain to a run of
stones. (c) The mechanism by which the
action of feeding is produced; a feed motion.

Feed bag, a nose bag containing feed for a
horse or mule. -- Feed cloth, an apron for
leading cotton, wool, or other fiber, into a machine, as for carding,
etc. -- Feed door, a door to a furnace, by
which to supply coal. -- Feed head.
(a) A cistern for feeding water by gravity to a
steam boiler.


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