Definition of Eliding
1. Verb. (present participle of elide) ¹
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Definition of Eliding
1. elide [v] - See also: elide
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Literary usage of Eliding
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines by Andrew Ure (1858)
"... and provided with sockets to receive the end of the bobbin shank в, which is
introduced by eliding back t.ie piece в n, and returning it by lever tn, ..."
2. A Handbook of Prescription According to the Law of Scotlandby John Hepburn Millar, Mark Napier by John Hepburn Millar, Mark Napier (1893)
"It may be convenient here to note two distinct senses in'eliding' which the
phrase ' eliding prescription' is used. In the one, tion. the pursuer is said to ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"This is in some respects analogous to eliding friction between solid bodies, and
is called by German writers the " friction ..."
4. Spons' Dictionary of Engineering, Civil, Mechanical, Military, and Naval by Edward Spon, Oliver Byrne (1874)
"... stopping link unlatching the eliding handle F which carries the tightening
pulley G. This pulley pressing against the driving gut of the machine, ..."


