pug mill

pug mill
noun
Etymology: pug (III)
: a machine consisting of a shaft armed with blades revolving in a drum or trough and used for mixing or tempering a plastic substance into a desired consistency

brick-clay … might need sieving, weathering, and mincing in the pug mill before it could be worked — Katharine S. Woods

clay … and mixed by hand, foot, or pug mill to the right consistency for throwing — Bernard Leach

rubber compound … thinned down with naphtha to suitable consistency in a pug mill — H.P.Stevens & Clayton Beadle

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a mill for grinding and mixing materials, as clay or the ingredients of cement, to a desired condition.
[1815-25]

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pug mill noun
A machine for mixing and tempering clay
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Main Entry: ↑pug

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pug mill,
a mill which grinds and works clays and similar substances to make them plastic for use in brick or pottery, and in dressing ore.

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n. a machine for mixing and working clay and other materials into pug. (See pug II.)

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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