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Tailstock
Webster's Dictionary
(n.) The sliding block or support, in a lathe, which carries the dead spindle, or adjustable center. The headstock supports the live spindle.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Tailstock'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/t/tailstock.html. 1828.