Lexicographical Neighbors of Deafenings
Literary usage of Deafenings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Fredoniad, Or, Independence Preserved: An Epick Poem on the Late War of 1812 by Richard Emmons (1832)
"The earth through all her entrails dire was shock'd— The neighbouring mountains
with the deafenings rock'd. ..."
2. The American Practice of Gas Piping and Gas Lighting in Buildings by William Paul Gerhard (1908)
"... has drawn attention to the fact that coal gas may also lose its peculiar odor
in passing through floor deafenings and plastered ceilings. ..."
3. A New Introduction to the Mathematicks: Being Essays on Vulgar and Decimal by Benjamin Donne (1758)
"... Part of other Sciences confiding only of probable deafenings, the Mind has
not where to fix ; and, ..."
Other Resources:
Breton