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Definition of Spliced
1. splice [v] - See also: splice
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spliced
Literary usage of Spliced
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"... but the foe From the black ships ; whereon they clomb, and plied The long-spliced
poles that lay upon the decks, Brass-bound, and tipp'd with brass, ..."
2. A Treatise on Design and Construction of Roofs by Nathan Clifford Ricker (1912)
"Sectional Dimensions of spliced Timber in Tension.— Experiments made by Mr.
John C. ... Let X = tensile stress in tons acting in the member to be spliced. ..."
3. A Treatise on Design and Construction of Roofs by Nathan Clifford Ricker (1912)
"spliced Timbers in Tension (Fig. 517).—These splices are to be made as simple as
... Let X = tensile stress in tons acting in the member to be spliced. ..."
4. The Gentleman's Magazine (1821)
"In order to make this rope ladder, stiff loops, large enough to admit the foot,
are spliced into a rope at the distance of a foot and a half from each other ..."
5. Massachusetts Reports: Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Judicial by Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (1901)
"The broken ladder was shown to the jury at the trial, and they had full opportunity
to see exactly the manner in which it had been spliced, and the effect ..."
6. Massachusetts Reports: Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Judicial by Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (1901)
"Moreover, the experts for the plaintiff testified that the side of a ladder thus
spliced was only one half to three fourths as strong as the side not ..."
7. The Gentleman's Magazine (1821)
"In oider to make this rope ladder, stiff loops, large enough to admit the foot,
are spliced into a rope at the distance of a foot and a half from each other ..."
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