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Definition of Retorters
1. retorter [n] - See also: retorter
Lexicographical Neighbors of Retorters
Literary usage of Retorters
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Statistics of Mines and Mining in the States and Territories West of the by United States Dept. of the Treasury (1877)
"... 2 retorters and boiler-men, 1 blacksmith, fuel, castings, quicksilver, oil
and lights, general repairs. The cost of working per ton may be estimated as ..."
2. The Deist, Or, Moral Philosopher: Being an Impartial Inquiry After Moral and by Richard Carlile (1819)
"... his remark on the different conduct of David the aggressor, and the Amalekite
retorters, to pass unmolested ; though it was too obvious to be unnoticed. ..."
3. Rules for a Dictionary Catalog by Charles Ammi Cutter, Worthington Chauncey Ford, Philip Lee Phillips, Oscar George Theodore Sonneck (1904)
"Retorters are usually treated as authors of reports of trials, etc.1 TRANSLATORS
and EDITORS are not to be considered as authors.2 (But see References, ..."
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