Instruments consisting of a long horizontal bar on which two movable heads slide, one of which carries a pencil, and the other a pin or tracer; used to draw large circles or arcs of circles as for full-scale working drawings, cask gauging, or carpentry work. DAC
AAT
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12yrs ago
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