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spurling-line
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spurling-line, n. [Cf. Prov. E. spurling the rut of a wheel, a cart rut, AS. spor a track, trace, E. spoor, Scot. spurl to sprawl.].
The line which forms the communication between the steering wheel and the telltale. [1913 Webster]
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