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head·stock (hed′stäk′)

noun

a bearing or support for a revolving or moving part of a machine; specif., the part of a lathe supporting the spindle

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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