extractor : Idioms & Phrases

Index

cartridge extractor

  • noun a mechanism in a firearm that pulls an empty shell case out of the chamber and passes it to the ejector
    cartridge remover; extractor.
WordNet

hydro-extractor

Hy`dro-ex*tract"or noun
Etymology
Hydro-, 1 + extractor.
Definitions
  1. An apparatus for drying anything, as yarn, cloth, sugar, etc., by centrifugal force; a centrifugal.
Webster 1913