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  • 1tumbling box — noun : a tumbling barrel for small objects * * * a box, pivoted at two corners, used in the manner of a tumbling barrel. Also called rumble. [1875 80] * * * tumbling barrel, tumbling box see ↑tumbler above. • • • Main Entry: ↑tumble …

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  • 2Tumbling barrel — Tumbling Tum bling, a. & vb. n. from {Tumble}, v. [1913 Webster] {Tumbling barrel}. Same as {Rumble}, n., 4. {Tumbling bay}, an overfall, or weir, in a canal. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 3Tumbling — Tum bling, a. & vb. n. from {Tumble}, v. [1913 Webster] {Tumbling barrel}. Same as {Rumble}, n., 4. {Tumbling bay}, an overfall, or weir, in a canal. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 4Tumbling bay — Tumbling Tum bling, a. & vb. n. from {Tumble}, v. [1913 Webster] {Tumbling barrel}. Same as {Rumble}, n., 4. {Tumbling bay}, an overfall, or weir, in a canal. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 5tumbling box — or tumbling barrel n. a revolving box or drum into which loose materials are loaded and tumbled about, as for mixing, polishing, etc …

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  • 6barrel — /bar euhl/, n., v., barreled, barreling or (esp. Brit.) barrelled, barrelling. n. 1. a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends. 2. the quantity that such a vessel of… …

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  • 7tumbling box — /ˈtʌmblɪŋ bɒks/ (say tumbling boks) noun an apparatus consisting of a box or cylindrical vessel pivoted at each end or at two corners, so that it can be made to revolve, used for polishing objects by allowing them to tumble about with an abrasive …

  • 8tumbling barrel — noun : a revolving barrel, cask, or box in which objects or materials (as small metal parts, castings, plastics, leather, or clothing) undergo a process (as finishing, polishing, coating, softening, or drying) by being whirled about and so… …

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  • 9tumbling barrel — a rotating drum for subjecting materials or small manufactured objects, loosely placed inside, to a tumbling action, as to mix materials or to polish objects by friction with one another or with an abrasive. [1885 90] * * * …

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  • 10tumbling box — a box, pivoted at two corners, used in the manner of a tumbling barrel. Also called rumble. [1875 80] * * * …

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