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plug and feathers
noun
- an apparatus for splitting stone, consisting of two tapered bars feathers, inserted into a hole drilled into the stone, between which a narrow wedge plug is hammered to spread them.
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Origin of plug and feathers1
First recorded in 1835–45
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