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ˈrose-ˌengine
[f. rose n.]
An appendage to a turning-lathe by means of which curvilinear or intricate patterns can be engraved.
1839Ure Dict. Arts 1161 Coloured transparent glass is applied as enamel in silver and gold bijouterie, previously bright-cut in the metal with the graver or the rose-engine. 1843Penny Cycl. XXV. 424/2 Holding the headstock steady when the rose-engine is to be used as a common lathe. 1875Knight Dict. Mech. 549/1 A straight-line chuck is used in a rose-engine when the patterns are to be made to follow a straight instead of a circular direction.
attrib.1841Penny Cycl. XX. 168/1 Rose-engine turning. 1851–3Tomlinson's Cycl. Arts (1867) II. 778/2 The rose-engine lathe differs from the common lathe in this [etc.]. |