'Dividing engine' definitions:

Definition of 'Dividing engine'

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  • Dividing \Di*vid"ing\, a. That divides; separating; marking divisions; graduating. [1913 Webster]
  • Dividing engine, a machine for graduating circles (as for astronomical instruments) or bars (as for scales); also, for spacing off and cutting teeth in wheels.
  • Dividing sinker. (Knitting Mach.). See under Sinker. [1913 Webster]