quick return stroke
1quick return — noun : a device used in a machine tool to cause the return stroke (as of a reciprocating tool) to be faster than the cutting stroke …
2quick return mechanism — A reciprocating motion, for operating the tool of a shaping machine etc, in which the return is made more rapidly than the cutting stroke, so as to reduce the idling time …
3quick — adj. VERBS ▪ be, seem ▪ We d better be quick. ▪ become, get ADVERB ▪ extremely …
4riposte — 1 noun (C) 1 formal a quick, clever, and amusing reply: a suitably witty riposte 2 technical a quick return stroke with a sword in fencing (=the sport of fighting with swords) 2 verb 1 (I, T) formal to reply quickly and cleverly 2 (I) technical… …
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