| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Feather renovator | Occupations | 1: Tends automatic machine that cleans, sterilizes, and dries feathers used to stuff cushions, and pillows: Dumps sacks of feathers on floor and removes foreign matter. Starts machine and loads feathers to be cleaned and sterilized with steam and dried with hot air into hopper of machine. Opens air valve to blow feathers into storage bins. May weigh specified amount of feathers prior to loading machine. (references) | |
| 2: Tends renovator machine that cleans feathers for reuse in pillows: Cuts pillow along seam and empties feathers into hopper of machine that automatically cleans and sterilizes feathers with ultra violet light or steam and hot air. Clamps new or cleaned pillow tick over discharge spout to refill pillow. Opens air valve to blow feathers into pillow tick. May sew opening in tick, using power sewing machine. (references) | |||
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