saw gin

noun

Meaning

A form of cotton gin in which the cotton fibres are drawn, by the teeth of a set of revolving circular saws, through a wire grating which is too fine for the seeds to pass through.

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Related words

roller gin(English)cotton gin(English)saw tooth(English)jig saw(English)framesaw(English)gangsaw(English)fretsaw(English)hot saw(English)

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