Definition of Thawings

1. thawing [n] - See also: thawing

Lexicographical Neighbors of Thawings

thaumaturgist
thaumaturgists
thaumaturgus
thaumaturguses
thaumaturgy
thave
thaves
thaw
thawb
thawed
thawer
thawers
thawier
thawiest
thawing
thawings (current term)
thawless
thaws
thawt
thawy
thay
the
the 'G'
the Alps
the Americas
the Argentine
the British
the British are coming
the Buddha
the City

Literary usage of Thawings

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

1. Transactions of the American Ceramic Society Containing the Papers and by American Ceramic Society (1916)
"In starting the second 50 freezings and thawings this program was varied, and the specimens were cooled in water at 70° F. The specimens were given two ..."

2. The Natural, Statistical, and Civil History of the State of New-York by James Macauley (1829)
"Hence, there is a succession of thawings and freezings. The former expand, and endeavour to restore the surface of the ground to its natural condition, ..."

3. Bacteria in Relation to Plant Diseases by Erwin Frink Smith (1905)
"Repeated freezings and thawing* were more fatal to the typhoid bacillus than a constant low temperature. Five freezings and thawings at intervals of three ..."

4. Seasonal Deposition in Aqueoglacial Sediments by Robert Wilcox Sayles (1919)
"This periodic supply, then, must mark either successive storms or successive thawings of neighboring glacial ice. If the latter, then the period is seasonal ..."

5. Bulletin of the Iowa Engineering Experiment Station by Iowa Engineering Experiment Station (1915)
"These tests, made upon pieces from tested tile, were designed to determine the resistance of the tile to injury from repeated freezings and thawings, ..."

6. The Woodlanders: A Novel by Thomas Hardy (1896)
"... the strange mistakes that some of the more sanguine trees had made in budding before their month, to be incontinently glued up by frozen thawings now; ..."

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