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Definition of Stemmery
1. n. A large building in which tobacco is stemmed.
Definition of Stemmery
1. Noun. (American English) A building in which tobacco is stemmed. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Stemmery
1. a place where tobacco leaves are stripped [n -MERIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stemmery
Literary usage of Stemmery
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Safety Engineering (1915)
"Interior of Tobacco stemmery. (Note the ventilating ducts. ... Previous to the
installation of the proper equipment in the stemmery, shown in Fig. ..."
2. The Kentucky Law Reporter by Kentucky Court of Appeals (1887)
"the 26th day of August, 1880, this stemmery, together with a large quantity of
tobacco, was destroyed by fire. They brought suit in the Daviess Circuit ..."
3. The Story of Manufactured Weather: By the Mechanical Weather Manby Carrier engineering corporation by Carrier engineering corporation (1919)
"The photograph on this page was taken with the stemmery in full operation.
Note that there is no dust in the air. Before Manufactured Weather was called in ..."
4. Handbook of Kentucky by Hubert Vreeland (1908)
"A large stemmery, which employs from fifty to one hundred hands, ... There has
also been erected within the past year the Petty stemmery and the Shelbourne ..."
5. Report by Kentucky Dept. of Labor, Kentucky Livestock Sanitary Board, Kentucky Forestry Dept (1908)
"A large stemmery, which employs from fifty io one hundred hands, ... There has
also been erected within the past year the Petty stemmery and the Shelbourne ..."
6. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1912)
"... or tobacco stemmery, in Greenville, NC, on January 31, 1910. The fire is
alleged to have been caused by sparks from one of the defendant's engines while ..."
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