formerly, a part or division of a county among the anglo-saxons. at present it consists of four or five hundreds, and is confined to the county of kent.-a granary; a barn.-a machine for turning, that is, for shaping articles of wood, metal, or other material, by causing them to revolve while acted upon by a cutting tool.-the movable swing frame of a loom, carrying the reed for separating the warp threads and beating up the weft; -- called also lay and batten.