Definition of Jacot tool
:a small hand lathe in which watch pivots are burnished or polished
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Jacot tool
noun
Ja·cot tool
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zhaˈkō
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ja-
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Origin and Etymology of jacot tool
probably intended as translation of French tour Jacot, literally, Jacot lathe, probably from the name Jacot
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