Babbitt
['bæbit]
Definition
(v. t.) To line with Babbitt metal.
Inputed by Conrad
Examples
- This machine consisted of a Babbitt's soap box without a cover. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Lubricants of all kinds had been and are used; but Babbitt's invention was an anti-friction metal. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- I had never seen one, and did not know how it worked, with the result that we soon burned up the babbitt metal in the bearings and spent a good part of the night getting them in order. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It looked like babbitting metal. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- It is composed of tin, antimony, and copper, and although the proportions and ingredients have since been varied, the whole art is still known as babbitting. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
Typist: Wilhelmina