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Definition of Swivels
1. swivel [v] - See also: swivel
Lexicographical Neighbors of Swivels
Literary usage of Swivels
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Rod in India: Being Hints how to Obtain Sport, with Remarks on the by Henry Sullivan Thomas (1897)
"Why on earth swivels, which are meant to be amphibious, should ever be made ...
Silver-plated steel swivels are unsatisfactory, as the plating is thin and ..."
2. Mechanical Dentistry: A Practical Treatise on the Construction of the by Charles Hunter (1882)
"swivels.—As a means of retaining sets of teeth in position, swivels and spiral
... The positions which the swivels must occupy depend altogether upon the ..."
3. History of Maryland: From the Earliest Period to the Present Day by John Thomas Scharf (1879)
"He afterwards, March 13, 1777, commanded the brig Black Prince, mounting twelve
guns and four swivels, with a crew of forty men. David Porter, on the 2Oth ..."
4. Chronological History of the West Indies by Thomas Southey (1827)
"very gallantly board und carry the Spanish man-of-war schooner, Dolores, mounting
one long nine, two four-pounders, and four swivels, with a complement of ..."
5. Eminent British Lawyers by Henry Roscoe (1830)
"first, of six little swivels, purchased two years ago at the sale of Livesay,
... swivels, you know, are guns so called, because they turn upon a pivot; ..."
6. A Historical Collection from Official Records, Files, &c., of the Part by Royal Ralph Hinman (1842)
"Andrew Huntington was permitted to purchase at the furnace, two 4 pounders, and
six swivels, -with shot suitable, at the usual prices. ..."
7. The Rod in India: Being Hints how to Obtain Sport, with Remarks on the by Henry Sullivan Thomas (1897)
"Why on earth swivels, which are meant to be amphibious, should ever be made ...
Silver-plated steel swivels are unsatisfactory, as the plating is thin and ..."
8. Mechanical Dentistry: A Practical Treatise on the Construction of the by Charles Hunter (1882)
"swivels.—As a means of retaining sets of teeth in position, swivels and spiral
... The positions which the swivels must occupy depend altogether upon the ..."
9. History of Maryland: From the Earliest Period to the Present Day by John Thomas Scharf (1879)
"He afterwards, March 13, 1777, commanded the brig Black Prince, mounting twelve
guns and four swivels, with a crew of forty men. David Porter, on the 2Oth ..."
10. Chronological History of the West Indies by Thomas Southey (1827)
"very gallantly board und carry the Spanish man-of-war schooner, Dolores, mounting
one long nine, two four-pounders, and four swivels, with a complement of ..."
11. Eminent British Lawyers by Henry Roscoe (1830)
"first, of six little swivels, purchased two years ago at the sale of Livesay,
... swivels, you know, are guns so called, because they turn upon a pivot; ..."
12. A Historical Collection from Official Records, Files, &c., of the Part by Royal Ralph Hinman (1842)
"Andrew Huntington was permitted to purchase at the furnace, two 4 pounders, and
six swivels, -with shot suitable, at the usual prices. ..."
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