The Collaborative International Dictionary
Paternoster while
Paternoster \Pa"ter*nos`ter\, n. [L., Our Father.]
The Lord's prayer, so called from the first two words of the Latin version.
(Arch.) A beadlike ornament in moldings.
(Angling) A line with a row of hooks and bead-shaped sinkers.
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(Mining) An elevator of an inclined endless traveling chain or belt bearing buckets or shelves which ascend on one side loaded, and empty themselves at the top.
Paternoster pump, Paternoster wheel, a chain pump; a noria.
Paternoster while, the space of time required for repeating a paternoster.
--Udall.