feed bag

Feed \Feed\, n.
   1. That which is eaten; esp., food for beasts; fodder;
      pasture; hay; grain, ground or whole; as, the best feed
      for sheep.
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   2. A grazing or pasture ground. --Shak.
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   3. An allowance of provender given to a horse, cow, etc.; a
      meal; as, a feed of corn or oats.
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   4. A meal, or the act of eating. [R.]
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            For such pleasure till that hour
            At feed or fountain never had I found. --Milton.
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   5. The water supplied to steam boilers.
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   6. (Mach.)
      (a) The motion, or act, of carrying forward the stuff to
          be operated upon, as cloth to the needle in a sewing
          machine; or of producing progressive operation upon
          any material or object in a machine, as, in a turning
          lathe, by moving the cutting tool along or in the
          work.
      (b) The supply of material to a machine, as water to a
          steam boiler, coal to a furnace, or grain to a run of
          stones.
      (c) The mechanism by which the action of feeding is
          produced; a feed motion.
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   {Feed bag}, a nose bag containing feed for a horse or mule.
      

   {Feed cloth}, an apron for leading cotton, wool, or other
      fiber, into a machine, as for carding, etc.

   {Feed door}, a door to a furnace, by which to supply coal.

   {Feed head}.
      (a) A cistern for feeding water by gravity to a steam
          boiler.
      (b) (Founding) An excess of metal above a mold, which
          serves to render the casting more compact by its
          pressure; -- also called a {riser}, {deadhead}, or
          simply {feed} or {head} --Knight.

   {Feed heater}.
      (a) (Steam Engine) A vessel in which the feed water for
          the boiler is heated, usually by exhaust steam.
      (b) A boiler or kettle in which is heated food for stock.
          

   {Feed motion}, or {Feed gear} (Mach.), the train of mechanism
      that gives motion to the part that directly produces the
      feed in a machine.

   {Feed pipe}, a pipe for supplying the boiler of a steam
      engine, etc., with water.

   {Feed pump}, a force pump for supplying water to a steam
      boiler, etc.

   {Feed regulator}, a device for graduating the operation of a
      feeder. --Knight.

   {Feed screw}, in lathes, a long screw employed to impart a
      regular motion to a tool rest or tool, or to the work.

   {Feed water}, water supplied to a steam boiler, etc.

   {Feed wheel} (Mach.), a kind of feeder. See {Feeder}, n., 8.
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feedbag \feedbag\, feed bag \feed bag\n.
   a canvas bag that is used to feed an animal (such as a horse
   or mule); animal feed such as oats are placed in the bag, and
   it is fastened at the top of the head, covering the muzzle.
   The animal may then eat the contents while thus wearing the
   feedbag.

   Syn: nosebag.
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