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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Shrinking \Shrink"ing\,
     a. & n. from Shrink.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Shrinking head (Founding), a body of molten metal connected
        with a mold for the purpose of supplying metal to
        compensate for the shrinkage of the casting; -- called
        also sinking head, and riser.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Riser \Ris"er\, n.
     1. One who rises; as, an early riser.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Arch.)
        (a) The upright piece of a step, from tread to tread.
            Hence:
        (b) Any small upright face, as of a seat, platform,
            veranda, or the like.
            [1913 Webster]
  
     3. (Mining) A shaft excavated from below upward.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. (Founding) A feed head. See under Feed, n.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A grazing or pasture ground. --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. An allowance of provender given to a horse, cow, etc.; a
        meal; as, a feed of corn or oats.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. A meal, or the act of eating. [R.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
              For such pleasure till that hour
              At feed or fountain never had I found. --Milton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     5. The water supplied to steam boilers.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
            [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Riser \Ris"er\, n.
     1. One who rises; as, an early riser.
  
     2. (Arch.)
        (a) The upright piece of a step, from tread to tread.
            Hence:
        (b) Any small upright face, as of a seat, platform,
            veranda, or the like.
  
     3. (Mining) A shaft excavated from below upward.
  
     4. (Founding) A feed head. See under Feed, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Shrinking \Shrink"ing\,
     a. & n. from Shrink.
  
     Shrinking head (Founding), a body of molten metal connected
        with a mold for the purpose of supplying metal to
        compensate for the shrinkage of the casting; -- called
        also sinking head, and riser.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  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.
  
     2. A grazing or pasture ground. --Shak.
  
     3. An allowance of provender given to a horse, cow, etc.; a
        meal; as, a feed of corn or oats.
  
     4. A meal, or the act of eating. [R.]
  
              For such pleasure till that hour At feed or fountain
              never had I found.                    --Milton.
  
     5. The water supplied to steam boilers.
  
     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.
  
     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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  riser
       n 1: a person who rises (especially from bed); "he's usually a
            late riser"
       2: a vertical pipe in a building [syn: riser pipe, riser
          pipeline, riser main]
       3: structural member consisting of the vertical part of a stair
          or step

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  riser
     Norwegian Bokmål vb.
     (infl of nb rise  pres tense)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Riser
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  riser
     n.
     1 Someone or something which rises.
     2 A platform or stand used to lift or elevate something.
     3 (lb en carpentry) A vertical part of a step on a staircase.
     4 (lb en archery) The main body of a bow.
     5 A vertical utility conduit, pipe or path between floors of a
  building for placement of cables (e.g. telephone, networking), or to
  convey fluids (e.g. gas, water).
     6 A pipe connecting an individual exhaust port of an internal
  combustion engine to the muffler, particularly on aircraft.
     7 A Manx cat with a showable short tail.
     8 A strip of webbing joining a parachute's harness to the rigging
  lines.
     9 (lb en Wikipedia:Casting (metalworking) Casting (metalworking)) a
  reservoir built into a metal casting mold to prevent the formation of
  cavity in the Wikipedia:Riser (casting) as the metal shrinks on
  cooling.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  Riser
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  riser
     Norwegian Bokmål vb.
     (infl of nb rise  pres tense)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  Riser
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  riser
     Norwegian Bokmål vb.
     (infl of nb rise  pres tense)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  Riser
     n.
     (surname: en).

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  riser
     Englanti n.
     nousija

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Riser /ɹˈaɪzə/
  الناهض

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  riser /ɹˈaɪzə/ 
  vstávající osoba