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Definition of Adzing
1. adz [v] - See also: adz
Lexicographical Neighbors of Adzing
Literary usage of Adzing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Roadway and Track by Walter Freeman Rench (1921)
"Pneumatic Tools for Tamping, Spiking, adzing and Boring. ... The boring and adzing
of ties that are to be equipped with tie plates and screw-spikes, ..."
2. Practical Track Maintenance by Kenneth L. Van Auken (1921)
"Barking Ties and adzing Rail Seats—If ties are received with the bark on, the
track forces should figure on getting them barked during the winter in order ..."
3. The Science of Railways by Marshall Monroe Kirkman (1903)
"Four men should be at work score-adzing each tie on the side from which the spikes
are removed, keeping well on the outside of the spikes. ..."
4. Railway Track and Track Work by Edward Ernest Russell Tratman (1908)
"In preparing to lay tie-plates on the Buffalo, Rochester <fc Pittsburg Ry., as
many spikes are withdrawn and as much adzing is done as possible before the ..."
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