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Extractor   Listen
noun
Extractor  n.  
1.
One who, or that which, extracts; as:
(a)
(Surg.) A forceps or instrument for extracting substances.
(b)
(Breech-loading Firearms) A device for withdrawing a cartridge or spent cartridge shell from the chamber of the barrel.
2.
A centrifugal drying machine.
3.
(Apiculture) A machine for clearing combs of honey; also, a device for rendering wax.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Extractor" Quotes from Famous Books



... Chota Begum's trunk, lifted into the air, and held upside down at the extreme length of that member, for, it seemed to me, at least five minutes. Rupees and small change rained from my pockets to the ground, cigar case, cigarette case, matches and cartridge extractor streamed down to earth in clattering showers from their abiding places; the blood rushed to my head till I was on the very verge of apoplexy, and still Chota Begum, remembering her instructions to be careful, held me up aloft, until slowly, ...
— Here, There And Everywhere • Lord Frederic Hamilton

... applications should be used. Most cases require vigorous treatment. First wash the parts with warm water and the best soap, rinse with hot water and then dry carefully. Remove the black-heads by careful pressure of the fingers, or with black-head extractor; the pimples and pustules should be freely cut, to allow the matter to escape and all the matter ...
— Mother's Remedies - Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers - of the United States and Canada • T. J. Ritter

... had found my knife, which had an extractor in it, and succeeded after some difficulty in hauling out the case which had so nearly been the cause of my death, and removing the obstruction in the barrel. It was very little thicker than a postage-stamp; certainly not thicker than a piece ...
— Stories by English Authors: Africa • Various



Words linked to "Extractor" :   cartridge remover, centrifuge, hematocrit, forceps, mechanism, gun, setup, ultracentrifuge, haematocrit



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