founders lathe

A lathe used in preparing the cores for loam-molding, such as those for iron pipes. A central spindle, being prepared, is placed on centers or on V's, and the clay loam covering is plastered on and regulated by a templet or pattern. founders'-sand, s. A species of sand used for making founding-molds. founder (2), *foun-dour, *fown-der, s . [Eng. found (2); -er.] 1. One who founds or lays the foundation of; a builder; an erecter. "Of famous cities we the founders know." Waller: On St. James' Park, 9. 2. One from whom anything has its original or beginning; an author. "Marchol theyr founder, patron, and precident." Lydyate: Minor Poems, p. 164. 3. One who endows or establishes a permanent fund for the support of an institution. "This hath been experimentally proved by the honorable founder of this lecture in his treatise of the air."Bentley: Boyle Lectures.