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dandy-roll en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of dandy roller.
   alt of dandy roller
   • According to this invention the bearing of the dandy-roll at each end is carried on a pillar or support on top of an upper plate supported on springs, rubber pads, oil or air cushions or the like fitted between the upper plate and lower plate. 1918, The Paper-maker and British Paper Trade Journal:
   • The body of the roll was made in much the same way as any dandy-roll is made at the present time. 2014, R. H. Clapperton, The Paper-making Machine:
   • Heretofore the manner in which these accumulations have been removed was to take the dandy-roll out of position, causing a stoppage of the machine and a consequent loss of production. 1886, Charles Thomas Davis, The Manufacture of Paper:

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