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Definition of Slabbed
1. slab [v] - See also: slab
Lexicographical Neighbors of Slabbed
Literary usage of Slabbed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Diary of William Bentley: Pastor of the East Church, Salem, Massachusetts by William Bentley, Joseph Gilbert Waters, Marguerite Dalrymple, Alice G. Waters, Essex Institute (1907)
"... often slabbed & never clapboarded. Some of their hay is stacked. We found many
log pens, & the barns were the largest & best buildings. ..."
2. The Diary of William Bentley: Pastor of the East Church, Salem, Massachusetts by William Bentley, Joseph Gilbert Waters, Marguerite Dalrymple, Alice G. Waters, Essex Institute (1907)
"... with a door in front, & two windows not well supplied with glass, sometimes
shingled, often slabbed & never clapboarded. Some of their hay is stacked. ..."
3. Bibliotheca Classica: Or, A Dictionary of All the Principal Names and Terms by John Lemprière, Lorenzo L. Da Ponte, John David Ogilby (1866)
"... t: concluding lhat she had been lom 10 piece-" the wild beasts of Ihe place,
he slabbed Ky with his sword. Thisbe, when her fear; n? vanished, ..."
4. The Annals of Our Time: A Diurnal of Events, Social and Political Home and by Joseph Irving (1889)
"IfJ* the igth of September culminated in an affray, during which the minister
slabbed his eWw with a butcher's steel. The jury found ih: prisoner guilty, ..."
5. Bibliotheca Classica, Or, a Dictionary of All the Principal Names and Terms by John Lemprière, Lorenzo L. Da Ponte, John David Ogilby (1838)
"... he slabbed hin«::' with his sword. Thisbe, when her fears VCK vanished, returned
from the care, and « uf sight of the dying Pyramus, she fell upon LÍ ..."
6. Practical Shipbuilding: A Treatise on the Structural Design and Building of by A. Campbell Holms (1918)
"Welded knees, when adopted, are usually of slabbed type ; the method of forming
... A turned knee is superior to a slabbed one, because there is no sharp ..."
7. Mining Engineers' Handbook by Robert Peele (1918)
"Upper side _js is slabbed off, to give a flat surface for flooring if ... But,
round ' a harder to handle and aline than square; caps must be slabbed to ..."
8. Manual by American Railway Engineering Association (1921)
"slabbed TIE.—A tie sawed on top and bottom only. (Known also as "pole" tie
and "round" tie.) SPLIT TIE.—A tie riven out of a cross-section, ..."
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