Definition of Goliaths

1. Noun. (plural of goliath) ¹

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Definition of Goliaths

1. goliath [n] - See also: goliath

Lexicographical Neighbors of Goliaths

golgins
golgiokinesis
golgothas
goliard
goliardery
goliardic
goliards
goliardy
golias
goliased
goliases
goliasing
goliath
goliath beetle
goliath frog
goliaths (current term)
golimumab
goll
gollan
golland
gollands
gollans
gollar
gollared
gollaring
gollars
goller
gollered
gollering
gollers

Literary usage of Goliaths

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Elementary Treatise on Hoisting Machinery Including the Elements of Crane by Joseph Gregory Horner (1903)
"Overhead Travellers—goliaths. THESE are broadly divisible into two types,—travellers that run on overhead gantries, goliaths, and gantry cranes that run on ..."

2. A Treatise on the Principles and Practice of Harbour Engineering by Brysson Cunningham (1908)
"... Trackways—Low Level System—Wall Construction : Staging and End-on Systems—Functions of Titana, Mammoths, and goliaths—Caisson System—Foundations: Nature ..."

3. A Treatise on the Principles and Practice of Harbour Engineering by Brysson Cunningham (1908)
"... Trackways—Low Level System—Wall Construction : Staging and End-on Systems—Functions of Titans, Mammoths, and goliaths—Caisson System—Foundations ..."

4. Henley's Encyclopædia of Practical Engineering and Allied Trades: A by Joseph Gregory Horner (1907)
"The original of the goliaths is the Wellington crane, timber framed. ... Some hand goliaths have crabs operated by an endless rope dependent from a grooved ..."

5. Appleby's Illustrated Handbook of Machinery by Charles James Appleby (1882)
"ELEVATION HAND-POWER goliaths. Cranes of this construction are economical in first cost ... The portable goliaths are fitted with wheels, gear, handles, &c. ..."

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