CHUCK

Dictionary of Science, Literature and Art · 1842 · p. 51

In Mechanics, the name given to that part of the turning-machine by which the work is con1358 COCHLEA. nected with the lathe. There are various kinds" c chucks, as the screw-chuck, the hollow-chuck, the drill chuck, ., for ordinary turning; the excentric chuck the geometric chuck, for ornamental turning. [s. 1375]