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Definition of Shiners
1. shiner [n] - See also: shiner
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shiners
Literary usage of Shiners
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1899)
"(I suggest that the test be made with shiners, using 20 or 30 at a time). A zinc
trough about 20 cm. deep, ..."
2. Hot Bulb Oil Engines and Suitable Vessels by Walter Pollock (1919)
"shiners' Patent Reverse Gear.—Figs. 94 and 95 show a sectional elevation and a plan
... shiners' Patent Reverse Gear. drives the thrust shaft (hence the ..."
3. More about the Black Bass by James Alexander Henshall (1889)
"There are a dozen or more species of minnows used for bait, in Black Bass fishing,
and which are indiscriminately called by anglers "chubs" and "shiners;" ..."
4. More about the Black Bass by James Alexander Henshall (1898)
"There are a dozen or more species of minnows used for bait, in Black Bass fishing,
and which are indiscriminately called by anglers "chubs" and "shiners;" ..."
5. The Mythology of the Aryan Nations by George William Cox (1887)
"... guides the vessel of the Cretan mariners to Krisa.3 The Ark- The main story
connected with the Rishis has already been shiners noticed as the result of ..."
6. The Decimal System of Numbers: Illustrated and Practically Applied, by a by Dana Pond Colburn (1852)
"The pickerel weighed 12 pounds, the perch 6, the trout 5, the shiners 2, ...
His pickerel weighed 7 pounds, his trout 7, his shiners 2, his roach 2, ..."
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