Take-up
Pronunciation : Take"-up`
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: That which takes up or tightens; specifically, a device in a sewing machine for drawing up the slack thread as the needle rises, in completing a stitch.
(Mach.)
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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