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Quotation dates: 1747
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†DUMCRAFT, Dumb-craft, n. A screw-jack “having wheels and pinions which protrude a ram, the point of which ram communicates the power” (Sc. 1881 J. Ogilvie Imperial Dict.).Abd. 1747 Powis MSS. (July):
To Upsetting 2 broken Jests in Brewhouse with the Dumcraft. . . . . 12s. 0.
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