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Definition of Skiffling
1. n. Rough dressing by knocking off knobs or projections; knobbing.
Definition of Skiffling
1. Noun. In quarrying, rough dressing by knocking off knobs or projections; knobbing. ¹
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Definition of Skiffling
1. skiffle [v] - See also: skiffle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Skiffling
Literary usage of Skiffling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Civil Engineer and Architect's Journal (1846)
"This process is technically called " skiffling," (termed " k ... that one bed
should be "posed, care should be taken in skiffling tbe stone to reduce its ..."
2. Oxf. Hist. Soc by Oxford Historical Society (1887)
"... 271 ; in the Magdalen College list of 1568 his name is spelt skiffling.
Bellying, William, 86 ; see Hearne ii. 213, Lyte's Oxford, 386. ..."
3. Proceedings by Somersetshire Archaeological and Natural History Society (1874)
"... as applied to oxen Skiff-handed adj. awkward Skiffle «. as to make a skiffle,
to make a mess of any business skiffling ..."
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