Usually means: Machine for spinning yarn, water-powered.
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  5. Water Frame, Water frame: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. Water frame: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. Water frame: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  8. water frame: FreeDictionary.org
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Definitions from Wiktionary (water frame)

▸ noun:  (now historical) A water-powered spinning machine, especially of the kind invented by British industrialist Richard Arkwright.

Similar:
water wheel, water-wheel, waterwheel, water engine, fish wheel, fishwheel, windwheel, water twist, waterwork, tub wheel, more...

Opposite:
air frame, land frame, solid frame

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Similar:
water wheel, water-wheel, waterwheel, water engine, fish wheel, fishwheel, windwheel, water twist, waterwork, tub wheel, more...

Opposite:
air frame, land frame, solid frame



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