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Definition of Rabbles
1. rabble [v] - See also: rabble
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rabbles
Literary usage of Rabbles
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cyanide Handbook by John Edward Clennell (1915)
"(r) furnaces with single or superimposed hearths and revolving rabbles, ...
FURNACES WITH REVOLVING rabbles The Edwards furnace consists of a single hearth ..."
2. The Cyanide Handbook by John Edward Clennell (1910)
"(1) furnaces with single or superimposed hearths and revolving rabbles, ...
FURNACES WITH REVOLVING rabbles The Edwards furnace consists of a single hearth ..."
3. The Metallurgy of the Non-ferrous Metals by William Gowland (1914)
"Furnaces with Fixed Hearths in which the ore is stirred and raked from one end
of the hearth to the other by means of rabbles or rakes worked by machinery. ..."
4. Elements of Metallurgy: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Extracting Metals by John Arthur Phillips (1887)
"The tools employed in puddling arc of two kinds, namely, long straight chisel-shaped
bars or paddles, and hooked flat-ended bars or rabbles. ..."
5. The Metallurgy of the Common Metals, Gold, Silver, Iron, Copper, Lead and Zinc by Leonard Strong Austin (1909)
"DETAIL OF rabbles. ash-pit and being thence removed. The fire-box is supplied
with coal by means of a hopper kept constantly full. ..."
6. An Universal History: From the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time by George Sale, George Psalmanazar, Archibald Bower, George Shelvocke, John Campbell, John Swinton (1759)
"The reader may fee in the margin an account of 'Rallies, their moft celebrated
rabbles and ... rabbles made ..."
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