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Feed bag , a nose bag containing feed for a horse or mule. — Feed cloth, an apron for leading cotton,
wool, or other fiber, into a machine, as for carding, etc. — Feed door, a door to a furnace, by which to
supply coal. — Feed head. (a) A cistern for feeding water by gravity to a steam boiler. (b) (Founding)
An excess of metal above a mold, which serves to render the casting more compact by its pressure; —
also called a riser, deadhead, or simply feed or head Knight. — Feed heater. (a) (Steam Engine)
A vessel in which the feed water for the boiler is heated, usually by exhaust steam. (b) A boiler or
kettle in which is heated food for stock. — Feed motion, or Feed gear (Mach.), the train of mechanism
that gives motion to the part that directly produces the feed in a machine. — Feed pipe, a pipe for
supplying the boiler of a steam engine, etc., with water. — Feed pump, a force pump for supplying
water to a steam boiler, etc. — Feed regulator, a device for graduating the operation of a feeder.
Knight. — Feed screw, in lathes, a long screw employed to impart a regular motion to a tool rest or
tool, or to the work. — Feed water, water supplied to a steam boiler, etc. — Feed wheel (Mach.), a
kind of feeder. See Feeder, n., 8.
Feeder
(Feed"er) n.
1. One who, or that which, gives food or supplies nourishment; steward.
A couple of friends, his chaplain and feeder. Goldsmith. 2. One who furnishes incentives; an encourager. "The feeder of my riots." Shak.
3. One who eats or feeds; specifically, an animal to be fed or fattened.
With eager feeding, food doth choke the feeder. Shak. 4. One who fattens cattle for slaughter.
5. A stream that flows into another body of water; a tributary; specifically (Hydraulic Engin.), a water
course which supplies a canal or reservoir by gravitation or natural flow.
6. A branch railroad, stage line, or the like; a side line which increases the business of the main line.
7. (Mining) (a) A small lateral lode falling into the main lode or mineral vein. Ure. (b) A strong discharge
of gas from a fissure; a blower. Raymond.
8. (Mach.) An auxiliary part of a machine which supplies or leads along the material operated upon.
9. (Steam Engine) A device for supplying steam boilers with water as needed.
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