licker-in

[ lik-er-in ]

noun

1. a roller on a carding machine, especially the roller that opens the stock as it is fed into the card and transfers the fibers to the main cylinder.

Word History and Origins

Origin of licker-in¹

1840–50; lick in + -er ¹

Example Sentences

N1 Licker-in Driving Pulley, 19 in. dia., 2-1/4 in. face.

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O Licker-in Driven Pulley, 7 in. dia., 2-1/4 in. face.

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Licker-in, 9 in. dia., clothed with inserted metallic Saw Teeth.

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Licker-in Driven Pulley, 7 in. dia.

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The licker-in contains about twenty-eight teeth per square inch, but the "cylinder" is the first of the parts that the cotton arrives at, previously referred to as being covered with a vast number of closely set steel wire teeth.

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