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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

FOURDRINIER

FOURDRINIER Four `dri `nier ", n.

 

Defn: A machine used in making paper; -- so named from an early inventor of improvements in this class of machinery.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

Fourdrinier machine

Four drin i er ma chine |ˌfôrdrəˈnir, fôrˈdrinēər ˌfɔrdrəˈnɪərməˌʃin | ▶noun a machine for making paper as a continuous sheet by drainage on a wire mesh belt. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: named after Henry (died 1854 ) and Sealy (died 1847 ) Fourdrinier, British papermakers and patentees of such a machine.

 

Oxford Dictionary

Fourdrinier machine

Four drin i er ma chine |ˌfôrdrəˈnir, fôrˈdrinēər ˌfɔrdrəˈnɪərməˌʃin | ▶noun a machine for making paper as a continuous sheet by drainage on a wire mesh belt. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: named after Henry (died 1854 ) and Sealy (died 1847 ) Fourdrinier, British papermakers and patentees of such a machine.