Part 4225

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To be nourished, strengthened, or satisfied, as if by food.</def> "He <i>feeds</i> upon the cooling shade."

<i>Spenser.</i>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To place cattle to feed; to pasture; to graze.</def>

<blockquote>If a man . . . shall put in his beast, and shall <b>feed</b> in anothe<?/ man's field. <i>Ex. xxii. 5.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Feed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>That which is eaten; esp., food for beasts; fodder; pasture; hay; grain, ground or whole; <as>as, the best <ex>feed</ex> for sheep</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A grazing or pasture ground.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>An allowance of provender given to a horse, cow, etc.; a meal; <as>as, a <ex>feed</ex> of corn or oats</as>.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A meal, or the act of eating.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>For such pleasure till that hour At <b>feed</b> or fountain never had I found. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>The water supplied to steam boilers.</def>

<p><b>6.</b> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>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.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The supply of material to a machine, as water to a steam boiler, coal to a furnace, or grain to a run of stones.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>The mechanism by which the action of feeding is produced; a feed motion.</def>

<cs><col>Feed bag</col>, <cd>a nose bag containing feed for a horse or mule.</cd> -- <col>Feed cloth</col>, <cd>an apron for leading cotton, wool, or other fiber, into a machine, as for carding, etc.</cd> -- <col>Feed door</col>, <cd>a door to a furnace, by which to supply coal.</cd> -- <col>Feed head</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A cistern for feeding water by gravity to a steam boiler.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Founding)</fld> <cd>An excess of metal above a mold, which serves to render the casting more compact by its pressure; -- also called a <altname>riser</altname>, <altname>deadhead</altname>, or simply <altname>feed</altname> or <altname>head</altname></cd> <i>Knight.</i> -- <col>Feed heater</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <fld>(Steam Engine)</fld> <cd>A vessel in which the feed water for the boiler is heated, usually by exhaust steam.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A boiler or kettle in which is heated food for stock.</cd> -- <mcol><col>Feed motion</col>, &or; <col>Feed gear</col></mcol> <fld>(Mach.)</fld>, <cd>the train of mechanism that gives motion to the part that directly produces the feed in a machine.</cd> -- <col>Feed pipe</col>, <cd>a pipe for supplying the boiler of a steam engine, etc., with water.</cd> -- <col>Feed pump</col>, <cd>a force pump for supplying water to a steam boiler, etc.</cd> -- <col>Feed regulator</col>, <cd>a device for graduating the operation of a feeder.</cd> <i>Knight.</i> -- <col>Feed screw</col>, <cd>in lathes, a long screw employed to impart a regular motion to a tool rest or tool, or to the work.</cd> -- <col>Feed water</col>, <cd>water supplied to a steam boiler, etc.</cd> -- <col>Feed wheel</col> <fld>(Mach.)</fld>, <cd>a kind of feeder. See <er>Feeder</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, 8.</cd></cs>

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<hw>Feed"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who, or that which, gives food or supplies nourishment; steward.</def>

<blockquote>A couple of friends, his chaplain and <b>feeder</b>. <i>Goldsmith.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One who furnishes incentives; an encourager.</def> "The <i>feeder</i> of my riots."

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>One who eats or feeds; specifically, an animal to be fed or fattened.</def>

<blockquote>With eager feeding, food doth choke the <b>feeder</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>One who fattens cattle for slaughter.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>A stream that flows into another body of water; a tributary; specifically <fld>(Hydraulic Engin.)</fld>, a water course which supplies a canal or reservoir by gravitation or natural flow.</def>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>A branch railroad, stage line, or the like; a side line which increases the business of the main line.</def>

<p><b>7.</b> <fld>(Mining)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A small lateral lode falling into the main lode or mineral vein.</def> <i>Ure.</i> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A strong discharge of gas from a fissure; a blower</def>. <i>Raymond.</i>

<p><b>8.</b> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <def>An auxiliary part of a machine which supplies or leads along the material operated upon.</def>

<p><b>9.</b> <fld>(Steam Engine)</fld> <def>A device for supplying steam boilers with water as needed.</def>

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