2. Verb. (third-person singular of mesh) ¹
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Definition of Meshes
1. mesh [v] - See also: mesh
Lexicographical Neighbors of Meshes
Literary usage of Meshes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention (1903)
"Of these fifty-three drugs, thirty- n'ne (39) must be of sufficient fineness to
pass through a sieve having 37-40 meshes per Cm., and twelve (12) of the ..."
2. Earth Features and Their Meaning: An Introduction to Geology for the Student by William Herbert Hobbs (1912)
"The meshes of the river network. — From the continued throwing out of new
tributaries by the streams, the meshes in the river network draw more closely ..."
3. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"The meshes of an all-devouring net Ye fall before your enemies' spoil and prey,
And this your glorious town be desolate ! 590 Nights long and days should ..."
4. Facts and Useful Hints Relating to Fishing and Shooting: Being a Collection by Irwin Edwin Bainbridge Cox (1874)
"The plan is not desirable for minnow or landing nets, as from the puckering of
the meshes at the bottom of the net it offers too much resistance ..."
5. A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from ...by Samuel Johnson by Samuel Johnson (1805)
"He spreads his subtle nets from sight, With twinkling£/<«/«, to betray The larks
that in the meshes light. ..."
6. The Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon by Henry Fielding (1902)
"voured by a small number of individuals. But while a fisherman can break through
the strong- est meshes of an act of parliament, we may be assured he will ..."
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