naumkeag

naumkeag
I. \\ˈnȯmˌkeg\ noun or naumkeag machine or naumkeag scourer (-s)
Usage: often capitalized N
Etymology: probably from Naumkeag, old name for Salem, Mass., shoe manufacturing city
: a machine having a rubber buffing disk for smoothing the surface of shoe soles or heels before finishing
II. verb (-ed/-ing/-s)
: to buff a shoe bottom (as on a naumkeag machine) prior to the finishing process
: to buff (a shoe bottom) prior to finishing

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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