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A large tub or vat in which goods are subjected to the action of hot lye or bleaching liquor; -- also called keeve. →
n.
The science that treats of the equilibrium of elastic fluids, or that of bodies sustained in them. Hence it includes aeronautics. →
A shaft that oscillates on its journals, instead of revolving, -- usually carrying levers by means of which it receives and communicates reciprocating motion, as in the valve gear of some steam engines; -- called also rocker, rocking shaft, and way shaft. →