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Definition of Shavings
1. Noun. (plural of shaving); those particles or pieces left after or created by shaving. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Shavings
1. shaving [n] - See also: shaving
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shavings
Literary usage of Shavings
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)
"(C) CUTTING AND PISE PARING THE ZINC shavings The shavings are prepared from
sheet zinc, which is cut into disks punched in the middle, so that a large ..."
2. The Cyanide Handbook by John Edward Clennell (1910)
"(C) CUTTING AND PREPARING THE ZINC shavings The shavings are prepared from sheet
zinc, which is cut into disks punched in the middle, so that a large number ..."
3. Income Opportunities in Special Forest Products: Self-Help Suggestions for by Margaret G. Thomas (1994)
"Chips, shavings, and bark are usually obtained as by-products from a region's
... Logging byproducts with commercial potential Chips Sawdust shavings ..."
4. Cyaniding Gold and Silver Ores: A Practical Treatise on the Cyanide Process by Henry Forbes Julian, Edgar Smart (1904)
"As is well known, the method consists simply in passing the gold solutions through
a mass of zinc shavings loosely pressed together, when the gold and ..."
5. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
"All the witnesses seemed to agree that there was a pile of shavings in the barn,
and that the fire was first observed in the side of the barn where the ..."
6. The Utilisation of Wood-waste by Ernst Hubbard (1902)
"WOOD-MOSAIC PLAQUES FROM WOOD-shavings. The curled shavings obtained in planing
wood are flattened out by hand, after soaking in water or steaming. ..."
7. The Techno-chemical Receipt Book: Containing Several Thousand Receipts by William Theodore Brannt, William Henry Wahl (1886)
"Dissolve 8Î ounces of parchment shavings in li gallons of water, and mix with 4i
pounds of light chrome-yellow, 8i ounces of Turkish minium, ..."
8. The Cupola Furnace: A Practical Treatise on the Construction and Management by Edward Kirk (1903)
"Whea the cupola is small the shavings are thrown in from the charging door and
evenly distributed over the bottom. The wood is cut short and split fine and ..."
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