2. Verb. (present participle of flake) ¹
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Definition of Flaking
1. flake [v] - See also: flake
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flaking
Literary usage of Flaking
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"Obsidian lends itself to pressure flaking, but naturally occurring flint or basalt
may be easier to work by percussion. At some time in the past men ..."
2. The Past in the Present: What is Civilization? by Sir Arthur Mitchell (1881)
"In the great majority the form is entirely due to a rough process of flaking.
It is doubtful if any specimen has been found which shows polishing, ..."
3. The Utilisation of Wood-waste by Ernst Hubbard (1902)
"SAWDUST AS A MATERIAL FOR PREVENTING BOUGH CAST FROM flaking OFF UNDER THE
INFLUENCE OF FROST AND BAIN. SAWDUST should serve very much better for this ..."
4. The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain by John Evans (1897)
"FABRICATORS, flaking TOOLS, ETC. IN treating of the manufacture of stone implements
in prehistoric times I have already (p. 41) described certain tools of ..."
5. Diospolis Parva: The Cemeteries of Abadiyeh and Hu, 1898-9 by William Matthew Flinders Petrie, Arthur Cruttenden Mace (1901)
"The flaking in the earlier examples is quite irregular ; and though they are ...
Even at SD 38 there is only the beginning of serial flaking along the edges ..."
6. Handbook of Aboriginal American Antiquities: Part I. Introductory: The by William Henry Holmes (1919)
"flaking and notching tools used by Ishi. turned on its axis that the plane of
its cutting edge meets the plane of the flake to be worked at nearly, ..."
7. The Sportsman's Dictionary; Or, The Gentleman's Companion: for Town and ...Hunting (1785)
"... pitch on the lime- twigs. fowl, flaking down one of the fame alive, which you
have caught before for that pur- ..."
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