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Wa´ter frame`


1.A name given to the first power spinning machine, because driven by water power.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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When Richard Arkwright's patents were annulled, there was a rapid diffusion of the waterframe as a result.
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