Definition of Stillages

1. Noun. (plural of stillage) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Stillages

1. stillage [n] - See also: stillage

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stillages

still
still-born
still-fish
still-hunt
still-life
still and all
still hunt
still life
still lifes
still room
still water
still water runs deep
still waters run deep
still wine
stillage
stillages (current term)
stillatitious
stillatories
stillatory
stillbirth
stillbirths
stillborn
stillborn infant
stillborns
stilled
stilleite
stiller
stillers
stillest
stillhouse

Literary usage of Stillages

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Remains, Historical and Literary, Connected with the Palatine Counties of by Chetham Society (1861)
"... boarde xj8 In ye buttery vj sackes xs— a rounde olde table and ij stillages for bier ij8 —jx glasses ij8 In ye wyne ..."

2. The Textile Colourist (1876)
"Iron-rust stains from nails in stillages, or from lying against the kier, mostly in the soda boil. Iron stains also from drying tins in bad condition, ..."

3. The Mechanics' Magazine (1855)
"These improvements consist in the application of a moveable bed or cradle to frames of wood or metal, such as common "stillages" employed for the support of ..."

4. Industrial Law by Frank Tillyard (1916)
"All stillages shall be so arranged as to allow the floor to be thoroughly cleaned underneath them. (/) In all workrooms not specially mentioned in the ..."

5. Reports of Cases in Prize, Argued and Determined in the Circuit and District by Samuel Blatchford (1866)
"... stillages, rails, Sec.," for ,.£75, being a total, less 1J per cent, discount, of s£241 6s. 6d. The bill of the cotton press above referred to, headed, ..."

6. Mechanical World and Engineering Record (1881)
"... and by pallets and stillages for small components, transported by battery-driven platform and fork-lift trucks. Extensive use is made of pneumatic tools ..."

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