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Definition of Scarfed
1. scarf [v] - See also: scarf
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scarfed
Literary usage of Scarfed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bench Work in Wood: A Course of Study and Practice Designed for the Use of by William Freeman Myrick Goss (1888)
"A scarfed joint for resisting cross-strain is subject to compressional strain in
its upper portion, and to tensional strain in its lower portion (198), ..."
2. Practical Essays on Mill Work and Other Machinery by Robertson Buchanan, Thomas Tredgold (1841)
"It consists of a scarfed joint, (like that used in carpentry,) and when the shafts
are engaged, it is firmly bolted, as shewn in the figure. OBSERVATIONS. ..."
3. Practical Essays on Mill Work and Other Machinery by Robertson Buchanan (1823)
"It consists of a scarfed joint, (like that used in carpentry,) and when the shafts
are engaged, it is firmly bolted, as shewn in the figure. Observations. ..."
4. Notes on Building Construction: Arranged to Meet the Requirements of the by Henry Fidler, Great Britain Dept. of Science and Art (1891)
"scarfed Joint for Wooden Beam. Example 30.—Calculate the safe strength of the
joint shown in Fig 231, which is a bad form, as pointed out in Part I. ..."
5. A Handy Book for the Calculation of Strains in Girders and Similar by William Humber (1869)
"Joints in Tension—Pished and scarfed joints. Figs. 71, 72 reposent forms of
fish-joints. In fig. 71 the tension Fig. 71. may cause rupture at AB, ..."
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