Definition of Scarphs

1. scarph [v] - See also: scarph

Lexicographical Neighbors of Scarphs

scarn
scaroid
scarpa
scarpaed
scarpaing
scarpas
scarped
scarper
scarpered
scarpering
scarpers
scarph
scarphed
scarphing
scarphs (current term)
scarping
scarpings
scarproof
scarps
scarre
scarred
scarres
scarrier
scarriest
scarring
scarring alopecia
scarrings
scarry
scars

Literary usage of Scarphs

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

1. A Practical Course in Wooden Boat and Ship Building: The Fundamental by Richard Montgomery Van Gaasbeek (1919)
"To be laid with a sag and in a straight line latterly. A center line should be placed on top of same cut with a race knife. Keel scarphs to be fastened with ..."

2. Ship-building in Iron and Wood by Andrew Murray, Robert Murray, Augustin Francis Bullock Creuze (1863)
"But the strain to which a keel is subjected has a tendency to curve it up or down, and not sideways. These scarphs should, therefore, be made vertical, ..."

3. An Outline of Ship Building, Theoretical and Practical by Theodore Delavan Wilson, Edward James Reed, Titus Evans Dodge (1873)
"The uniting of two pieces together by lapping one piece on the other, so as to make them appear as one solid, and with even surfaces. ScARPHS. ..."

4. Naval Architecture: A Treatise on Laying Off and Building Wood, Iron, and by Samuel James Pope Thearle (1876)
"The length of each of the scarphs is equal to twice the room and space, ... Hence, in fixing upon the exact positions of the keel scarphs, the lines of ..."

5. On the Stowage of Ships and Their Cargoes: With Information Regarding by Robert White Stevens (1871)
"When ships laden with copper ore have the scarphs of their keels fitted sideways, (A) they are very liable to leak. In one instance the owner of a vessel in ..."

6. Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Naval Architecture: Being the Article by Augustin Francis Bullock Creuze (1841)
"We have mentioned the keel scarphs as an exception to our general remarks. They are usually in England vertical scarphs, with coaks raised in the lip-ends ..."

7. A Practical Course in Wooden Boat and Ship Building: The Fundamental by Richard Montgomery Van Gaasbeek (1919)
"To be laid with a sag and in a straight line latterly. A center line should be placed on top of same cut with a race knife. Keel scarphs to be fastened with ..."

8. Ship-building in Iron and Wood by Andrew Murray, Robert Murray, Augustin Francis Bullock Creuze (1863)
"But the strain to which a keel is subjected has a tendency to curve it up or down, and not sideways. These scarphs should, therefore, be made vertical, ..."

9. An Outline of Ship Building, Theoretical and Practical by Theodore Delavan Wilson, Edward James Reed, Titus Evans Dodge (1873)
"The uniting of two pieces together by lapping one piece on the other, so as to make them appear as one solid, and with even surfaces. ScARPHS. ..."

10. Naval Architecture: A Treatise on Laying Off and Building Wood, Iron, and by Samuel James Pope Thearle (1876)
"The length of each of the scarphs is equal to twice the room and space, ... Hence, in fixing upon the exact positions of the keel scarphs, the lines of ..."

11. On the Stowage of Ships and Their Cargoes: With Information Regarding by Robert White Stevens (1871)
"When ships laden with copper ore have the scarphs of their keels fitted sideways, (A) they are very liable to leak. In one instance the owner of a vessel in ..."

12. Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Naval Architecture: Being the Article by Augustin Francis Bullock Creuze (1841)
"We have mentioned the keel scarphs as an exception to our general remarks. They are usually in England vertical scarphs, with coaks raised in the lip-ends ..."

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