edge runner

noun

1

: a stone or metal wheel in an edge mill

2

: a machine consisting of one or more heavy steel rolls or grindstones set on a horizontal shaft rotating round a pan or trough that is used for crushing stone, fibrous matter for papermaking, or other material

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