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Definition of Scoopsful
1. scoopful [n] - See also: scoopful
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scoopsful
Literary usage of Scoopsful
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Asphalt Construction for Pavements and Highways: A Pocket-book for Engineers by Clifford Richardson (1913)
"Deliveries of sand should be sampled as follows: Small scoopsful or ... It is
also well to dig some distance into the heap for some scoopsful. ..."
2. Asphalt Construction for Pavements and Highways: A Pocket-book for Engineers by Clifford Richardson (1913)
"It is also well to dig some distance into the heap for some scoopsful. All the
sand thus collected is dried, and, if large in amount, is made into a heap, ..."
3. The Municipal Engineers Journal (1915)
"The Binder Stone can be readily sampled by taking from eight to ten scoopsful of
the stone from different parts of the scow, at a depth of at least six ..."
4. Encyclopedia of Engineering: A Treatise on Boilers, Steam Engines, the by International School of Engineering (1906)
"Use only one or two scoopsful at a time and watch the distribution in the firebox.
In regulating the choke plugs when the ..."
5. The Americans in Panama by William Rufus Scott (1912)
"Twenty flat cars constitute a train and one car can be loaded by a shovel in two
and a half minutes, or with seven scoopsful of earth and rock. ..."
6. Modern Locomotive Engineering, with Questions and Answers ...: The Air Brake by Calvin Franklin Swingle (1905)
"Use only one or two scoopsful at a time and watch the distribution in the firebox.
In regulating, the choke plugs when the engines are standing, ..."
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