Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia, N., Nine-pin block.

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Nail-clinch′er.

Nail-driv′er.

Nail-ex-tract′or.

Nail-ham′mer.

Nail-head tool.

Nail′ing-ma-chine′.

Nail-mak′ing Machine′.

Nail-plate shears.

Nail-scis′sors.

Na′ked Floor′ing.

Naph′tha-line.

Naph′tha-lizing.

Na′pier's bones.

Na′pier's Com′pass.

Nap′ping-ma-chine′.

Nar-cot′ic-spray Appa-ra′tus.

Nar ′row cloth.

Nar ′row-fab′ric loom.

Nar ′row gage.

Nar ′row-ing.

Na′sal Ir′ri-gator.

Na′sal Spec′--u-lum.

Nat ′u-ral steel.

Na′ture-print′ing.

Nau-ro-pom′e-ter.

Nau′ti-cal a-larm′.

Nau′ti-cal Ap-pli′an-ces.

Nau′ti-cal In′di-ca-tor.

Nau′ti-cal Sig ′nals.

Nau′ti-lus-pro-pel′ler.

Neb′ule-mold′ing.

Neck-tie re-tain′er.

Nee′dle-beam.

Nee′dle-bear′er.

Nee′dle-car′ri-er.

Nee′dle-case.

Nee′dle-file.

Nee′dle-for′ceps.

Nee′dle-guard.

Nee′dle-hold′er.

Nee′dle-in′stru-ment.

Nee′dle-loom.

Nee′dle-mak′ing.

Nee′dle-mak′ing ma-chine′.

Nee′dle-pa′per-ing ma-chine′.

Nee′dle-point′ing ma-chine′.

Nee′dle-set′ter.

Nee′dle-sharp′en-er.

Nee′dle-tel′e-graph.

Nee′dle-thread′er.

Nee′dle-wrap′per.

Neg′a-tive-bath.

Nega-tive eye-piece.

Neg′a-tive-well.

Nei-gel′li-cloth.

Ne-o-mon′o-scope.

Ne-paul′--pa′per.

Nephel-o-dom′e-ter.

Nephel-o-rom′e-ter.

Ne-phelo-scope.

Nerve In′stru-ments.

Nerve-nee′dle.

Net-ma′son-ry.

Net′ting-ma-chine′.

Net′ting-nee′dle.

Net′tle-cloth.

News′pa-per ad-dress′ing-machine′.

News′pa-per-clamp.

News′pa-per-file.

News′pa-per Fold′ing-ma-chine′.

New-to′ni — an Tel′e-scope.

Nick′el-plat′ing.

Nick′ing-bud′dle.

Nick′ing-file.

Nick′ing-trunk.

Nig′ged Ash ′lar.

Ni-lom′e-ter.

Nine -pin block.

Nip′ple, Arti-fi′cial.

Nip′ple-wrench.

Ni′tric-ac′id Fur′nace.

Ni′tro-gly′cerine.

Ni-tro′le-um.

Ni-trom′e-ter.

Ni′trous-ox′ide Appa-ra′tus.

No′bert's test-plate.

Noc′to-graph.

Noc-tur′nal; Noctur-la′bi-um .

Nog′ging-piece.

Non-cir′cu-lar wheel.

Non-con-dens′ing steam-en′gine.

Non-pa-reil′.

Nor-we′gi — an stove.

Nose, Arti-fi′cial.

Notch′ing-adze.

Number-ing-ma-chine′.

Num′ber-ing-press.

Num′ber-ing-stamp.

Num′ber-print′--ing.

Nurl′ing-tool.

Nurs′er-y-chair.

Nurs′ing-bot′tle.

Nurs′ing-lamp.

Nut-crack′er.

Nut-fa′ ten -ing.

Nut-ma-chine′.

Nutmeg-grat′er.

Nut-roast′er.

Nut-shap — ing ma-chine′.

Nut-tapping ma-chine′.

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Nine-pin block.

（Nautical.) A block whose shell is spindle-shaped, resembling one of a set of nine-pins. Its ends are swiveled in an upper and lower bar, so that the plane of the sheave may be presented in any direction. It acts as a fair-leader under the crosspieces of the bitts.

Nine-pin block.

1877.

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