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Definition of Backings
1. backing [n] - See also: backing
Lexicographical Neighbors of Backings
Literary usage of Backings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Catching's Compendium of Practical Dentistry (1892)
"SOLDERING backings. Dental Cosmos, January. To prevent the soldering of backings
together, Dr. R. Walter Starr interposes in the investment little strips of ..."
2. Wilson's Photographic Magazine (1911)
"Home-made backings are, as a rule, very messy and dirty concoctions, ... One of
the latest backings is quite transparent and does not interfere in any way ..."
3. The Principles and practice of dentistry: Including Anatomy, Physiology by Chapin Aaron Harris, Philip H. Austen (1882)
"After the backings have been made fast to the teeth, they are to be accurately
fitted to the plate, standing off from the plate enough for a very thin piece ..."
4. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for ...by Edmund Burke, Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress), John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) by Edmund Burke, Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress), John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) (1800)
"... and backings of Tow. fbe <Than\s of the Society -were given ta Thomas ...
for tow and the backings are all I employ, except fired or mildewed flax, ..."
5. A Practical treatise on artificial crown- and bridge-work by George Evans (1896)
"In any spacings between the backings pieces of gold or platinum plate or wire,
... When the backings have been soldered with gold plate, 20-carat solder may ..."
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