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Definition of Fanging
1. fang [v] - See also: fang
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fanging
Literary usage of Fanging
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Soils: Their Formation, Properties, Composition, and Relations to Climate by Eugene Woldemar Hilgard (1921)
"... the result of which is the almost total oxidation of the organic matter,
sometimes so accelerated as to initiate rapid combustion (" fire-fanging " of ..."
2. The New England Farmer by Samuel W. Cole (1862)
"I had sustained loss in some manure by fire-fanging before I learned how to use it.
I averaged hauling half a cord per day for nine months, ..."
3. Reprinted Glossaries by Walter William Skeat (1879)
"Fire-fanging. The heat generated in dung ' sometimes rises so high as to be
mischievous, by consuming the materials (fire-fanging).'— xli. 253. ..."
4. Glossary of Words in Use in Cornwall by Margaret Ann Courtney, Thomas Quiller Couch (1880)
"Fire-fanging. The heat generated in dung ' sometimes rises so high as to be
mischievous, by consuming the materials (fire-fanging).'— xli. 253. ..."
5. General Agricultural Chemistry by Edwin Bret Hart, William Edward Tottingham (1913)
"In this condition the common fire fanging, or burning white in spots, takes place,
... In extreme cases of fire-fanging all the nitrogen will be lost. ..."
6. Farmer's Cyclopedia of Live Stock by Earley Vernon Wilcox, Clarence Beaman Smith (1908)
"... packed heaps fermentation may be too rapid and the temperature may rise so
high as to burn the strawy portion producing what is known as fire-fanging. ..."
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